Word: criticism
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...same time, Bradley's poverty speech was notable for some things he didn't say. He has been an outspoken critic of the 1996 welfare-reform bill, arguing that forcing welfare mothers into the work force "cuts the bonds between mother and child" and that without subsidized child care and health coverage, too many could fall through the cracks. Yet in his speech, he did not call for a repeal of the time limits or work requirements. Gore seized on the omission. "He didn't propose to repeal it, did he?" he said to TIME. "It tells me that upon...
...truly grateful that TIME's art critic Robert Hughes survived his terrible auto accident [DISPATCH, Oct. 11]. But some of his comments disturbed me, as I'm sure they did other readers. After having his life saved, Hughes said, "Jesus must have been busy...he didn't show." That offends me. I am Hindu, and faith is deeply rooted in me. Though this was not a fairy-tale ending or a religious experience for Hughes, someone holds this life that we all cherish. You may call him Christ, Allah, Vishnu or Bob, for that matter, but Hughes shouldn't think...
...time. Remember the last time we tried that? Johnny Depp in Nick of Time? To give the movie the juice it needs, director Tom Twyker directs Run Lola Run like a video game, programming Lola to be a lean mean running machine to hurdles an obstacle a minute. A critic called it the first "postmodern movie" of our time, but I think that's seeing it for more than it is. It's meant to be an adrenaline rush (like Pokemon!)--a sensory rather than emotional experience. And think about this--when are you gonna see an American movie where...
...Arabic chanting in the documentary demonized the Arabic language. The chants in question were in fact calls to violence, naturally spoken in the language that these militants speak. Another man argued that Emerson propagates generalizations damaging to the Muslim community. I can only assume that this critic wasn't listening when during the film, the lecture and his interrogation by hostile audience members, Emerson differentiated between the radical fringe and mainstream Islam at least half a dozen times...
...Danny O'Sullivan's face swam into focus, looking down at me. "You'd have to be the toughest old bastard I know," he said encouragingly. Give me a break, I said. You used to be in the SAS; you know plenty tougher than me. "Well, toughest old art critic, anyway," he said. That'll do for me, I thought, and promptly fainted...