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...weirded out by youth culture, flaming gay guys and foreigners to question them. When one of his guises gets too famous to sucker people into being interviewed, he molds himself into another one. He could be any outsider society avoids by giving a pass--a religious freak, a veteran, an old man. "Ali G played on people's ability to think that young people are so different from them they wouldn't recognize absolute stupidity and the fact that they were being made fun of," says Andrew Newman, a writer and producer on The 11 o'Clock Show...
...anomaly in a county-recorder race she was monitoring in June. She noticed that a 20-year incumbent was being beaten 10 to 1 by an unknown newcomer. Sensing a glitch, Drake cross-checked the electronic results against the totals on the paper vote and discovered the veteran was actually well ahead. The problem, it turned out, was the way the candidates' names had been ordered and coded into the access cards that activated the machines, which were made by Omaha's ES & S. Drake says she should have caught the problem in the pre-election test runs...
...George Casey, the Iraq commander, to take the heat as questions about strategy - over which he has the ultimate responsibility - are raised in Washington. As the Iraq war grinds on, senior officers who have served in Iraq are reaching their own conclusions about Abizaid's role. Said one Iraq veteran: "I don't think history will treat John Abizaid well...
...chance of winning. Compared to Lula's plain speaking and good humor, Alckmin's didactic style and fastidious pronunciation were off-putting. "Alckmin is educated, cultured and he comes across as upper-middle-class elite," said Carlos Manhanelli, the president of the Brazilian Association of Political Consultants and a veteran campaign manager. "He looks like he has never suffered and so can't understand ordinary people's problems. Lula has a bond with the masses. He has more credibility...
...riling up characters too quickly, and without much cause. As a result, interaction between characters never feels entirely authentic and the message is undermined.Like his characters, Iñárritu’s no good at telling, but he’s wonderful when it comes to showing. Veteran cinematographer Rodrigo Prieto moves the camera dexterously from the bare windblown deserts of Mexico and Morocco to congested Tokyo interiors, squeezing desolation and beauty out of both. In the movie’s most original, riveting sequence, we follow Chieko as she drops ecstasy in a park and dances with...