Word: bright
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Dates: during 2000-2000
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...esque funk. From the window of his Bronx apartment he watches black kids playing basketball in a vastly changed neighborhood. The best and brightest of them, Jamal (good newcomer Brown), penetrates his lair on a dare, and a mentoring relationship develops between the cranky old writer and the very bright teenager. The film's twists and turns are as predictable as the patronizing racism at the private school that grants the boy a scholarship. Something more surprising might have been made of this odd couple, but Van Sant, emptily employing the realist manner of his early films, is goodwill hunting...
...many the situation changes dramatically once they reach Harvard, and the temptations to strive to be "well-liked" are strong. In an atmosphere where there are more people like you--bright--than ever before, the desire to be popular is certainly present. There are final clubs to be punched, extracurricular events to be conquered and upper-crust socializing to be done. You need to know everybody in your dorm, your house and your Yard. If you don't personally know the big men on campus, you certainly need to know everything about them...
...provoked the crowd into standing up and singing along with such well-known songs as "Bittersweet," off Sunburn. When the band played "Shimmer," their modern-rock staple, band members left much of the singing to the audience, which was more than happy to oblige. A dense set and bright, explosive lights complemented the musical energy that crescendoed and climaxed in the band's latest hit single, "Hemorrhage (In My Hands)," a song which seems more appealing every time it's heard...
...bright spot for the Crimson offense was Johnson's strong play. She had her way in the post, scoring almost at will when Harvard's guards were able to get the ball inside against the tight Ram defense...
...Mark is a total gem," Rudestine says. He's incredibly bright. He is as thoughtful and sensitive a person as I know and he has no ego or comes as close to no ego as anybody I ever...