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...conservative rhetors in Congress, whatever is not blandly or angrily populist is elitist. In their resort to this weasel word, the patriotically correct on the right are as bad as the politically correct on the residual left--worse, in fact, because they have more power. How all these folk would hate Thomas Jefferson if he walked back in with his idea that democracy was meant to foster a "natural aristocracy" of talent and intelligence. Naked elitism...
...Schmitt's right sat the would-be vice presidents. First came Randall "call me Randy" Fine '96, whose name has been synonymous with more scandals than even Josh Liston's. Most recently, Fine managed to weasel $24,000 for himself from the federal government, using the council's name, but without its approval...
Given these sketchy outlines, Stiller and Garofalo do the best jobs at making truly hip and interesting pop culture references and fleshing their characters out into funny, believable people. Stiller's Michael could have easily been a weasel, but his technological ineptitude (he still doesn't quite have the knack of driving while talking on the cellular phone), his sense of humor, and the feeling that he really cares for Leleina, make him into a nice, normal...
excuse for nutrition? (Whoops, how did that slip out? Sorry, MICHAEL "THE WEASEL" BERRY. What is this, backstage...
This is the ninth stage play that the TNT cable network has sensitively adapted since 1990, including Tennessee Williams' lyrical Orpheus Descending, Jon Klein's rowdy T Bone 'n Weasel and Mamet's own burst of cynicism, The Water Engine. Each has been respected yet retooled to broaden its reach. While A Life in the Theatre is steeped in particulars of the stage, it works as a powerful metaphor for life in any career. Older people are always feeling that tradition is being dishonored and their accumulated lore and knowledge devalued. Younger people always impatiently demand their turn...