Word: tragical
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...Behold, an emotionally engaging storyline! "Fushigi Yuugi" revolves around two best friends, Miaka Yuuki and Yui Hongo. The girls are accidentally transported into the world of an ancient Chinese novel. Through a series of tragic events, both girls become enemies as opposing priestesses in an ensuing war between two enemy nations. As the story unfolds, it becomes a soap opera of epic proportions. What struck me most was the attention given to character development and relationships. Not only were past deeds and motives given careful attention to but the characters grew, made mistakes, and matured throughout. Heroes weren't infallible...
...John Roach and Mary Sweeney. It keeps finding new ways to make rural decency dramatic. But the soul of the film is in Farnsworth's eyes--great watery repositories of wisdom and regret. "The worst part of bein' old," he says, "is rememberin' when you was young." Alvin's tragic memories give perspective to the triumph of his trek, even as Farnsworth's weathered brilliance makes this movie...
After reading the revelations in the book Einstein's Daughter about the physicist's illegitimate child [HISTORY, Oct. 4], I felt it was tragic that Einstein chose to pursue his career plans and left others to care for his newborn daughter. I have always had great respect for Einstein's brilliant scientific accomplishments. Sadly, his character flaws were just as enormous as his intellect was exceptional. Ultimately, proof of his selfish behavior will diminish Einstein's legacy. Instead, he will become a prime example of how men can master difficult branches of knowledge but lack the wisdom to love their...
Earth, the second film in director Deepa Mehta's prospective trilogy Fire, Earth and Water, tells the tragic story of the 1947 partition of India as witnessed by Lenny Sethna (Maia Sethna), an 8 year-old Parsee girl. Based on Bapsi Sidwha's novel Cracking India, Earth explores the controversial British partition of India into Hindu India and Muslim Pakistan, which caused inter-religious massacres by the same Hindus, Sikhs and Muslims who had lived together peacefully for many years. Lahore, the city in which Lenny lives, was the site of a particularly bloody confrontation reflective of the widespread atrocities...
Perhaps the most tragic flaw in the current manifestation of Coming Out Day is that we are putting words in closeted students' mouths. Ironically, though, these students haven't even spoken, yet. They may not yet be ready to speak, yet we attempt to lure them out of the closet with posters that portray lesbian sex and read: "We don't enjoy cock at all." And then, to make matters worse, we claim to be speaking for them, to be representing those who cannot represent themselves. Such paternalism is, again, harmful; speaking for closeted students who are not yet prepared...