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...partner, renowned Chicago criminal defender Ed Genson, left the case in late January after becoming frustrated that Blagojevich wouldn't heed his advice to stop giving interviews. Before he gave up the case, Genson complained that the surreal atmosphere at Blagojevich's impeachment trial had become like Alice in Wonderland. Federal prosecutors just have to hope it doesn't get any stranger...
...Bush Administration. He was a Main Street medical distributor who enjoyed the support of the town council, the mayor - quintessential local acceptance. His case has been caught up for months now in the [transition between the two] Administrations. These defendants are caught in this sort of Alice in Wonderland of medical marijuana, between the states and Federal Government...
Elle Fanning, the star of Phoebe in Wonderland, turns 11 this April. She made her debut at two, playing a younger version of her sister Dakota's character in I Am Sam, and already has 27 movie and television credits. To be so experienced as a child actor can translate on screen to a preternatural poise that, while admirably skilled, tends to creep out us mere mortals. But in her first real starring role as a troubled, Alice in Wonderland-obsessed 9-year-old, Fanning gives the kind of heartbreaking performance that makes you want to yank...
...Alice in Wonderland is certainly witty, hallucinatory and supple enough to still be fueling plays, movies, musicals and yes, academic works (though Hillary's dissertation sounds as if it were written by Camille Paglia 30 years ago). But here the homage, meant to intrigue, keeps interfering with the compelling, modern story about a child who needs help but isn't getting it. Barnz's intent isn't always clear. For instance, are all the adults in the movie meant to be as unhinged, baffling incomprehensible and irritating as the guests at the Mad Hatter's tea party? That...
...art’s intent.“The Space Within; The Time Without,” on view through April 3, calls for observation, perception, and deliberation. To directly address the exhibition, which passively defies confrontation by retreating into the background, is to uncover a metaphysical wonderland...