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Instead of addressing race as a necessary component in understanding the working dynamics within The Crimson, the editorial chairs proceeded to flex their intellectual wit by poking fun at Perspective's attempts to discuss race. Instead of writing about how and why race should be discussed or not discussed, they crafted phrases like "the pot calling the kettle 'of color'" (a response to my use of "women of color...
Regardless of any political agenda that might emerge from the book, Travels with Lizbeth remains a deeply personal account of a man trying to maintain his autonomy and humanity despite increasingly dehumanizing circumstances. Eighner observes his surroundings with an intelligence and wit that clearly mark the individuality and self-respect that enabled him to survive. Eighner's wry sense of humor allows him to stand back and analyze his experiences with perspicacity and insight, avoiding any melodramatic pathos that could cloud his realistic portrait of life on the streets...
...loud Uncle Mort whom you only see on Thanksgiving and the Fourth of July. He knows everything, he knows he's funny and successful, and he tells you all about it. Until he's had a few drinks in him, he will insist on displaying his wit, connections, and catalogue of anecdotes, while you wonder how long the holiday will take. Ultimately, you begin sneaking illicit shots to make him tolerable. Too bad they don't warn the Gen-X-ers of this in the program beforehand...
...while keeping things tightly wound, he gives his actors plenty of room to breathe the heady air of his dialogue, with all its wit and thoughtfulness punctuated by obscenity. Says producer Lawrence Bender, who for a miserly $8.2 million mounted this glossy production (including a '50s-style restaurant set so cool that some backers want to franchise it): "It's the kind of dialogue that's so organic, you can chew, eat and digest...
...holding, in the words of writer Duane Swierczynski, "another hot young thing"--a baby lion cub. She appeared at a suburban Barnes and Noble to meet the masses and was almost mauled by a group of angry Bryn Mawr women. They were, by the end, suitably impressed by her wit and sharp mind, according to Nancy Zimbelli, director of promotions for the store. "She's a smart cookie," Zimbelli raved...