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...excited about this release; Episode I represents the first of the Star Wars films to be issued on DVD. Writer-director George Lucas, producer Rick McCallum, editor Ben Burtt and numerous special effects guys give audio commentary, drawing attention to subtle, easily missed details and providing gloriously esoteric background on even the most simple shots...
When she is actually singing, Spears’ airy, thin voice fails as it hovers in an uneasy relationship with the production. Often it is simply swamped by the background music as in “What It’s Like to Be Me.” Elsewhere, her voice weighs down an otherwise dynamic track. Her producers have yet to find a satisfactory method for dealing with her voice’s fundamental weaknesses...
...reminiscent of Frida Kahlo’s self-portraits. Yet while the patterns may look pretty, the ultimate effect of the paintings is very unimpressive. The repeated layering of the dots tends to dissolve the bright colors of the bottom pages, and the result is a dull, washed-out background. While well drawn, the watercolor over-paintings lack emotion and often don’t convincingly address the themes of place and dislocation...
...from just 125 last year. “It’s not too big of a problem. We’re in Harvard Hall 104, so I can still see faces,” Kiely says. “It may be true that [non-concentrators] bring less background with them to the course, but that’s true in any class. Some people will always be better prepared than others...
Rushovich stresses that “it’s definitely an isolated occurrence, and not at all representative of our fraternity or what we stand for.” While the Harvard chapter does not include any members of an Arab background at present, Rushovich argues that this is simply because few, if any, Arab students apply in the first place. Rushovich is at pains to point out that “Our chapter is comprised of students representing multiple cultures, not all Jewish”, and that “we are completely non-discriminatory...