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...Theatre” is that Mamet’s style of writing does not lend itself to sophisticated argumentation. His dramatic dialogue is iconic—often referred to as “Mametspeak”—and his plays are full of terse and crude language. The effect translates to his nonfiction as well, and much of language in “Theatre” has the colloquial feel of dialogue, which does little to lend credibility to his opinions. Rhetorical questions abound—many of which he subsequently answers himself. The phrase...
...crude as it is, the film manages to be a success, mostly riding on the enthusiasm and comic timing of its main cast. It might not be highbrow, but “Hot Tub Time Machine” is still worth taking...
...grown apart for standard reasons: Nick's friends think he is completely whipped by his wife (he has hyphenated his last name with hers) and his career is in the toilet (he works at a pet-grooming parlor called 'Sup Dawg). Lou, on the other hand, is a rude, crude alcoholic whose nickname is the Violator - a man it would be a brilliant idea to grow apart from - but he's also the impetus for the reunion. After a sodden night on the town, Lou passes out in his own garage behind the wheel of his running muscle...
James K. McAuley’s editorial comment (“Friends with Money,” Mar. 8, 2010) was crude and ill thought out. The Crimson Opinion page should be in the business of publishing reasoned and fact-based discussions of important campus and world events, not anecdote and invective filled criticisms of our fellow students...
Like some elements of the Tea Party movement, the Big sites can be crude. Also, Breitbart has shown an increasing propensity for bombast. While accepting an award at the Conservative Political Action Conference (CPAC) in Washington in late February for his role in breaking the ACORN story, he called New York Times reporter Kate Zernike "despicable" for writing in the Times's Caucus blog that a young CPAC speaker employed racial stereotypes during a speech critical of President Barack Obama. Two days later, Breitbart got into a verbal altercation with freelance writer Max Blumenthal. "You are the lowest life-form...