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...difficult to compare May Seventh schools to anything in the West or, for that matter, in other Communist countries. Even the late Edgar Snow (The Long Revolution) found an Alice in Wonderland quality about the schools, calling them "reform schools for reformers." With memories of the Cultural Revolution fading fast, the schools have become institutionalized. No longer does a suspect cadre get sent to one for an indeterminate stay to learn to serve the people. The tensions, as well as the physical abuses that Mao himself lamented, have also ebbed. Today, May Seventh schools combine aspects of a Marxist religious...
THEY always lived in a bleak wonderland, captives of their own pinched myths, these White House men now in so much trouble...
...film is neither realistic nor imaginative, just perversely sentimental. It's set in a sterile New York City of empty streets, beautiful skylines, grassy parks, and colorful junkyards. Ten scrubbed youth-for-Nixon types romp through this wonderland discovering faith. These are good kids, close to the mainstream of American life. They don't smoke, drink, or care about sex. All of their emotions are conveniently sublimated into religious faith. When they do reach out to each other, it's in a sappy, harmless way. The modern day Jesus and his John the Baptist are played by two adolescent Adonises...
...African operations--reforms that help loosen the Portuguese grip. Other oil companies with African operations take note, wary of similar campaigns being mapped in their direction. The cause of black Africans fighting for their freedom is helped measurably--and all because Harvard is viewed as a miracle wonderland...
ORSON WELLES CINEMA II To Be or Not To Be, 4:15, 7:25, 10:50. Trouble in Paradise, 5:45, 9:15. Alice in Wonderland and The Shadow Fri. and Sat at Midnight