Word: tragic
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...Republic of Dreams” was largely inspired by the tragic resemblance Klein noticed between concentration camp prisoners who died in the Holocaust and Schulz’s soulful wax mannequin etchings...
...then there’s this very serious second act where you can’t even, sometimes, believe it’s the same show, that they’re the same people."Aside from the work’s power in tactfully navigating the comic and the tragic, Flynn and her cast are endeavoring to add their own touches to the work. This is Flynn’s debut as a director, and she’s hoping to shape the piece in a way that is truly her own—so much so that she?...
...that sense his move to movies couldn't be more natural. Corbijn sees Control not as a typical rock biopic or music film, but as "a tragic love story with great music." Based on the book Touching From a Distance by Curtis' wife, Debbie (played by the Oscar-nominated British actress Samantha Morton), it's a familiar tale: Debbie and Curtis, brought movingly back to life by newcomer Sam Riley, meet and marry as teenagers; Curtis joins the band and, while on tour, begins an affair with an exotic Belgian, leaving Debbie at home to take care of their baby...
...Anniversary of Hope On every anniversary of Sept. 11, I think of how much trust was lost among so many Americans and Muslims [Sept. 17]. Yet not long after that tragic day, one seemingly delicate American woman with an iron will and amazing intellect trusted my family and me with her most precious treasures for a week: she left her two teenage daughters with us in Montreal when she went to a conference in the U.S. In that moment of difficulty, she trusted a bearded Muslim colleague at her university and his veiled wife. God knows I would have given...
...recent tragic events in Jena, Louisiana have demonstrated the touchy dynamics that post-civil rights black leaders must contend with. Obama seemed to shy away from bold statements of racism concerning the Jena Six, saying it “isn’t a matter of black and white, it’s a matter of right and wrong.” Instead, he attempted to make it a national issue, and not just a black one: “It is not just an offense to the people of Jena or to the African-American community...