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...worst case of police brutality?? in Boston history—and the victim was himself a Boston...

Author: By Maria Shen, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: Author Raises Police Controversy | 11/19/2009 | See Source »

...that of other writers. The allegory of Rodoreda’s novel is glaringly reminiscent of its more renowned contemporary, J.M. Coetzee’s “Waiting for the Barbarians.” Whereas Coetzee uses myth to provide an account of nobility in the midst of brutality??itself a critique of South African apartheid—Rodoreda’s rootless fantasy world communicates comparatively little of Coetzee’s allegorical power. Through the unnamed narrator, Rodoreda implements an emotionally stripped style as a stand-in for wanton horror: “The blacksmith...

Author: By Keshava D. Guha, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: Death Springs Eternal, But Not Much Else | 4/2/2009 | See Source »

...moderate audience’s sympathies don’t always stay with the vengeance seeker. Witness Man screenwriter Brian Helgeland’s directorial debut, Payback, which quickly degenerated into brutality for what seemed to be brutality??s own sake. The difference is in the humanity; Payback was a perfect fit for star Mel Gibson, the master of sadomasochistic cinema, but Scott wants us to care...

Author: By Scoop A. Wasserstein, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Film Review: Man on Fire | 4/23/2004 | See Source »

Also in late July of this year, Byrne’s attorney filed a failed motion to allow an extended questionnaire to be filled out by potential jurors—covering issues such as police brutality??in addition to the standard juror-selection queries. Stearns simultaneously denied a defense motion to give jurors a guided in-person tour of the Brighton, Mass. district station house in which Trombly was allegedly beaten...

Author: By Simon W. Vozick-levinson, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Trial Nears in Alleged Beating | 8/15/2003 | See Source »

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