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House: Mather, baby. Concentration: VES Film Studies. Hometown: Victorville, CA. Ideal Date: Anything that ends in a freshman dorm. Best way for a girl to get your attention: Feed my narcissism. Where to find you on a Saturday night: Disneyland until the fireworks, then Mather. First thing you notice about a girl: Confidence and competence. Your best pick-up line: Hi, I’m Nick Noyer. Best lie you’ve ever told: This is my first time, too. Favorite childhood toy: A mirror. Sexiest physical trait: My metabolism. Favorite part about Harvard: How truly genuine the students...
...Bekaa night, but suddenly it all started to make sense: We were drinking for Lebanon. The Lebanese economy is now hugely dependent on aid from foreign powers - who have turned the country into a regional battleground - and also on the foreign tourism that has turned Beirut into an Oriental Disneyland for the privileged few. But if foreigners start quaffing Lebanese wine en masse, Bekaa valley vineyards could become incubators for economic independence and environmental sustainability: In vino, libertas. Come to think of it, Israel produces wine too. Can we drink our way to Middle East peace...
...dread to a very livable town. The Brave One makes urban paranoia a form of nostalgia. A caller to Erica's radio shows voices that sentiment. "I think it's good for New York," he says of the mystery killer's exploits. "This place was turning into Disneyland." Like the Bronson character, Erica has become a hero to edgy New Yorkers - because she kills people who deserve to die. Or, rather, she takes the role of the state: judge, jury and executioner...
...Marketing isn't even part of the production budgets we're debating here, but it's worth noting some of the extravagances of these two films' promotional efforts, from closing down Disneyland for the Pirates premiere to covering New York City sight-seeing buses with Spidey's webbing...
...Shteyngart drew inspiration from his travels throughout the former Soviet Union, and in particular, by a place he visited in his childhood.“When I was growing up in Leningrad, we would go down to Georgia and to this town called Sukhumi, which felt like a Soviet Disneyland,” he said in a phone interview with The Crimson. Georgia and many other parts of the former Soviet Union collapsed into civil war after its dissolution, which prevented Shteyngart from returning until just recently. “I was hanging out in a hotel...