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Boris is the king of pessimists, but into each reign some life must fall. It comes in the pretty package of Melody St. Ann Celestine (Evan Rachel Wood), who might be as old as 20 and who's run away from her Mississippi family to end up homeless in Manhattan. She talks her way into a stay in Boris' place, and in a trice, she has kind of a crush on him. They get married...
...Enthusiasm. Boris isn't far from roles Allen has written for himself, yet sentiments that sound whiny when Allen articulates them have a robust manliness in David's voice. Rancor is the medicine that keeps Boris alive. It makes him the ideal foil for Melody's cheerful resilience (which Wood winningly captures) and gives him a tart appeal, even when he's condemning the universe as "this cruel, dog-eat-dog, pointless black chaos" and his own film audience as "Neanderthals"--or when he observes that "while a black man got into the White House, he still...
...field borrowed heavily from techniques found in Cubist paintings and Renaissance trompe l'oeil ("fool the eye") art, and it would eventually enlist the help of artists like Grant Wood and Jacques Villon, both of whom served as camoufleurs during wartime. When World War II broke out, applications from painters, sculptors, even ad men flooded Fort Belvoir, Va., the military's headquarters for camouflage development. "There must be something intriguing about the word 'camouflage,' " an officer told TIME in 1942 before cautioning, "There is no room for the esthetic color expert, or for any man who can't march...
...already getting about 6,000 hits a day. In part that's because the qualifications for entry are minimal. Anyone bored, lonely, grumpy or dejected (preferably all four) is welcome. Smeared makeup is a plus. So is a dingy background, like a fast-food joint or a room with wood paneling...
...school-music product sales fell 6.5%. Nonstring instruments, from trombones and tubas to flutes and pianos, tend not to attract investment dollars because they diminish in value with wear and tear and age. Well-maintained string instruments are distinct - like wine - in that they appreciate with age as wood mellows and tonal qualities mature...