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...characters' are well-drawn, the dialogue (by Robert,'Towne) well-written, the acting superb--why has "Chinatown" not withstood the test of time? Perhaps modern-day audiences don't take revelations of political and more corruption so personally anymore. Maybe the film meant more to a viewer in 1974. But meaning must evolve, not fade, and after two decades, "Chinatown" shows signs...

Author: By Clarissa A. Bonanno, | Title: Despite Swank, 'Chinatown' Lacks Staying Power | 10/6/1994 | See Source »

Prepared following the Second Vatican Council the Catechism comments on both essential tenets and recent "hot" issues. In intelligent, concise and well-written prose, the Church reaffirms its opposition to homosexual acts (not homosexuals--there's a difference). It explains its continued opposition to abortion. It maintains the prohibition on the use of contraception...

Author: By David B. Lat, | Title: Papa Please Preach | 10/4/1994 | See Source »

Call ahead and reserve your tickets. The Harvard-Radcliffe Summer Theatre production of "Noises Off" is a crowd-pleasing slapstick hit. Michael Frayn's well-written farce within a farce is miraculously pulled--and pushed--off by a talented company in its final play of the summer...

Author: By Sorelle B. Braun, | Title: 'Noises' On | 8/19/1994 | See Source »

...used to believe that "Beavisization" was entirely restricted to the shallow, ignorant world of popular television. I've always viewed the written word with a sort of awe; anything that appeared in a newspaper or magazine was necessarily well-argued and well-written, automatically deserving of the highest respect and entirely severed from the world of 90210 and the made-for-TV Amy Fisher movies...

Author: By Tehshik P. Yoon, | Title: Beavis Is No Bill Safire | 3/18/1994 | See Source »

...dialogue itself is well-written, but it is Grant's sheer confidence combined with Russell's feigned indifference that makes the exchange electric. One need look no further for an example of how a woman can stand up to a man and have fun doing...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: To Catch a Movie Star | 3/3/1994 | See Source »

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