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For 90 minutes, Becker proceeds in this vein of politically incorrect, sexist humor which leaves one laughing hysterically. He displays a disarming honesty and an amazing ability to poke fun at the differences which often separate the sexes. His goal is to help men and women transcend those differences and...

Author: By Kamil E. Redmond, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: 'Defending' Stereotypes | 10/17/1997 | See Source »

Then Nicholson throws his change-up. The very next scene reads as an undated journal entry from a guy named Stuart (in you guessed it) London. But unlike Nicholson's earlier chapters, "The Walker's Diary: The Penultimate Days" gives a man's account of London meanderings and musings that...

Author: By David B. Waller, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: Hemorrhaging Novel | 10/17/1997 | See Source »

Rudenstine, in his impeccable style, was talking about how college was a "journey" and an "adventure." Things would change, he told the Class of 2001. You may have arrived this week at Harvard with a firm idea of who you are and what you will become, but by the end...

Author: By Dara Horn, | Title: Rating Rudenstine's Words, Year by Year | 9/26/1997 | See Source »

Like virtually all Leigh's characters, Annie and Hannah are trapped in the hopelessness of modern life. Or should we make that modern English life? Educated to the point of glibness, but not to the point of wisdom, they know just enough to recognize the constraints of class, gender and...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: CINEMA: CAREER OPPORTUNITIES | 8/11/1997 | See Source »

MOVIES . . . CAREER GIRLS: Like virtually all of his characters, the two 'Career Girls' of his new film are trapped in the hopelessness of modern life. Educated to the point of glibness, but not to the point of wisdom, they know just enough to recognize the constraints of class, gender and...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: What a Country! | 8/1/1997 | See Source »

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