Word: wonderful
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...lead singer in a band where JoJo plays guitar, gets steamed when he upstages her with a Hendrix riff. Prudence loves JoJo unrequitedly. Max is always in a snit. Often the characters aren't people at all so much as song cues ("Dear Prudence," "Hey Jude"). It's no wonder that Joe Roth, of the amusingly named Revolution Studios, got onto a tangle with Taymor by recutting the film. I don't know if the movie in theaters is his version, hers or a compromise. Whoever is responsible, the narrative is all dull bustle...
...Erica's revenge scenario a fever dream of bereavement - a post-death wish? Is it a theoretical argument that the sensible side of Erica is having with her angry side? "You look at the person you once were, walking down that street," she says on the radio, "and you wonder: Will you ever be her again?" The question is at the heart of a paradoxical movie that tries to question rough justice even as it celebrates...
...duck. Its viability as a nation has been regularly questioned since its founding in 1830, but perhaps never as much as in the last three months. Since national elections in June, the country's politicians have proved unable to form a national government, causing more and more Belgians to wonder whether the country can - or should - stay united...
...Some wonder, though, if that is enough. John Paul II may have raised the bar forever on what we expect from a Pope. His central role in undoing Communism, critiquing capitalism and calling on world religions to actively seek peace made the last Pope a major global player. One can sense that Benedict understands that he cannot just do all gospel, all the time. In Austria he dropped in references to globalization, economic disparity and even the environment. But on those subjects he doesn't exhibit the incisive intelligence that characterize his theological and philosophical musings...
...Nicaragua is a place you can basically ignore as long as it is not doing anything significantly negative," says Dennis Jett, Dean of the International Center at the University of Florida in Gainesville. However, Jett and other analysts wonder whether Tehran's romancing of Managua may mark a change in that status. "You have to wonder what the Iranians are thinking as Mr. Bush goes through his bluster and threatens military action against Iran," says Jett. "It wouldn't surprise me that if they found a willing partner in Nicaragua that they would put some terrorist capability into Nicaragua...