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Mogolov was engaging and funny as David, who undergoes his own form of self-discovery while attempting to find a new job—a remarkable venture for his usual laziness. Mogolov’s deadpan comedy was more likely to garner easy laughs; for instance, David claims that his biggest problem is that he is “a shmuck.” Mogolov’s portrayal of David’s lethargy was amusingly self-deprecating; although he did not have the weight of a deeply rooted pain to portray, he mastered David’s laziness...
...Following Nelson’s announcement, the UC last night unanimously approved a bill to allocate the usual amount of money to the HoCos. The vote drew a loud round of applause in the Grays Hall basement classroom where the Council...
...scream, / ‘You killed him! You killed him. / In your goddamned Brooks Brothers suit, / You son of a bitch.’”Before Ferlinghetti’s recorded voice could take the audio stage, the phones at the station lit up. Expecting the usual array of old men reminiscing about seeing Ferlinghetti, I was floored when I received three angry calls in a row objecting to the obscenity of the material I had just played. I dismissed their complaints as the missives of crotchety old people, until the third caller threatened to write...
...packed houses even two months after its release, and "Chak De India," a Punjabi phrase meaning "Go India!" has become a trendy catchphrase across the country. "Everything about the film is different," says well-known film critic Vinayak Chakravorty. "The script, direction, treatment, all stray from the usual formula. The result is a good film, which is what audiences increasingly want...
...Does this mean the end of Bollywood as we know it? "Hardly," says Misra, "It might be easier to sell an offbeat script today, but you still can't negotiate a [decent] price." Trade analyst and Film Information editor Komal Nahta says audiences in smaller towns still want the usual fare, and they make up the majority of the 4 billion film tickets sold in India every year. Chak De India may be an unexpected hit, but the box office king so far this year is Partner, a straight-out Bollywood formula with big funding, big stars and, yes, song...