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...Jason Neal ’08 says, “Thursday sucks, what else is there to do?” The tournament plays an important part in the social lives of many who come to watch Beirut masters from two continents match wit and aim. The event has evolved to epic proportions—it even has its own group on thefacebook.com—but put simply, the top-notch Beirut that goes on in 610 exists because a group of friends decided to get together around a common love. And as everyone in Quincy 610 would agree...
...lyrics—drives the show, and the cast’s sweeping limb extensions, artful poses, swaying heads and accentuated facial expressions are congruent with the musical dynamic. But do not be fooled by its straightforward presentation. The World Goes ’Round, chock-full of cutting wit and daring sexual innuendo, is fresh and racy to the core...
...stereo never ceases to kick out jams that are “diverse, much like locker room odors,” in his own words. Indoor practices are marked by Metallica, sprinkled with techno and, naturally for one who “come[s] to the Newell Boathouse bearing wit and wisdom that’s been smoke-cured in the Bluegrass state,” garnished with Waylon Jennings and Patsy Cline.While duty compels a captain to energize his team, protocol demands that, in spite of his desire to end collegiate racing with a bang, the LP serve...
However, the real wit of this film is not in what it says, but in what it allows to go unsaid. While Alec Baldwin, Peter Jennings, and Susan Sarandon see more than their fair share of unadulterated and unflinching mockery, the one figure that is curiously and notably absent is the man himself: George W. Bush. At first glance, one might say that the South Park boys decided to leave Dubya out of this in order to make their work as non-partisan as possible and separate it from what is rapidly becoming a faceless mass of Bush-bashing films...
...paid to the film is that it is a low-budget combination of Office Space, with its portrayal of bitter, down-on-their-luck workers and token Indian engineer, and The Matrix, with its obtuse scientific jargon, pseudo-philosophical questions and green-tinted lensing. Problematically, the film lacks the wit or visual appeal of either film...