Word: angst
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...Richard has brought so much angst and angerupon himself. It's tragic, because he's a verytalented man," says an administration source."He's not equally gifted as an administrator, andmost of his problems begin with...
After all, the new culture isn't all angst and evil. Was it not the venerable Bill and Ted themselves who commanded, "Be excellent to each other?" Words to live by, without a doubt. So, brothers and sisters, let us all join cable lines, flip on MTV, and together chant the mantra of our generation...
...Aren't "Friends" as good a reason for pop songs as the run-of-the-mill broken heart? Listen harder, and the irony comes through: The album-closing, cleanly-played, slow-unto-death "Junkie on a Good Day" (a love-rock version of the Velvets' "Heroin") brings home the angst the fast tunes have been hiding. "Friends," which they've been performing for years, is at least as much about resenting your friends as it is about enjoying them. You have to have friends to resent 'em, though: After two great singles and three years of crowded club shows, this...
...title doesn't lie. Of the three shorts by contemporary filmmakers Steven Wright, Michael Moore, and Mike Leigh, Wright's hilarious and characteristically minimalist masterpiece, "The Appointments of Dennis Jennings," is the most gripping, especially for a viewer unexperienced in Two Mikes's unique brand of comedy. The angst-ridden "Appointments" combines the neurotic charm of a Woody Allen movie with the structured morbidity of an Edgar Allan Poe story. Even for those who have only seen him do stand-up on Letterman, the opening close-up shot of Steven Wright's head is a sight unmistakable...
...plot, although original in its premise of the underground radio show as an outlet for teenage angst, is not supported by the rest of the movie. The writing, by the movie's director, Allan Moyle, is cliched at best. As the movie unfolds, the teenage heroes fight the system; Nora and Mark hit it off and take on the school administration. What was thought to be a pastoral place of learning and enrichment in the hills (which are actually outside of Los Angeles, as proven by the shot of the LA Aqueduct) turns out to be full of troubled kids...