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...Saturday, we won the last two races,” Kovacs said. “We put ourselves out in first and then had a couple incidents and managed to rally and finish on a really strong note and set the tone going into Sunday...
...kind Hollywood specialized in for ages before it went out of style in the 90s - but which now might be called chick comedy. The protagonist is still a man (the moguls seeming to believe that no actress draw the big crowds), but romantic connection is the goal. And the tone is on the soft side. Chick comedy is about men compromising: trying to be nice, keeping secrets, coping with frustration and embarrassment, finding the middle way. Basically, being bullied. The men in chick comedies have evolved into losers...
...Autumn's first big comedy, The Heartbreak Kid, tried to have it both ways: apply the boisterous tone to the tale of a bridegroom (Ben Stiller) who finds himself in the marriage from Hell and wants out. The movie earned only $14 million its first weekend, about half what the experts had predicted, and was the first big flop of the fall...
...From the start, director Peter Hedges cues Dan's mellow, mildly rueful tone. We hear the sensitive strumming of an acoustic guitar; we see Dan seen doing his kids' laundry and getting little credit from them for being a full-time dad; and at the bookstore, Marie says that what she's looking for is "something funny, but not big ha-ha-ha laughter...something human and funny that could sneak up and surprise you." It could be a recipe for the old-fashioned or chick comedy, and a template for Dan in Real Life...
...They served us off the court,” Weiss said.Yale was strong in all aspects, finishing with nine team blocks and hitting an impressive .311 for the match.The Bulldogs’ .468 hitting percentage in the first game was even more striking. Yale set the tone early and jumped out to a 14-7 lead in the first game, forcing Harvard to take a timeout and regroup.The Crimson, however, was unable to change the momentum, and the Bulldogs went on to take the first game, 30-22.Game two was close until a 9-2 run by Yale gave the Bulldogs...