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...forward to it.” The HFA screenings were initially proposed by Lucien G. Taylor, an assistant professor of Visual and Environmental Studies and of Anthropology who teaches courses in filmic anthropology. He had previously screened Dvortsevoy’s films for one of his classes. These documentaries depict vignettes of the lives of those living in central Asia or Russia: from the shepherds of the steppes to the peasants outside St. Petersburg. Four of Dvortsevoy’s five films will be screened: “Paradise” and “Highway” on Saturday...
...west may depict Ahmadinejad as dangerous and anti-Semitic, but his interview showed rather a different side. His replies were fairly rational, and you cannot fault him for being an extremist. He may have a very conservative Islamic side, but many Republicans have a conservative Christian side. For those who are critically skeptical of anything Muslim, his words might ring hollow and farcical. But if we are not to judge him with a double standard, then at least he should be given the benefit of the doubt. Barry Lee Hong Kong...
...1930s. While Ahmadinejad is a bit more forthright than Hitler about his disdain for Jews, declaring that Israel should be "wiped away" and the Holocaust is a "myth," Neville Chamberlain would have probably found him trustworthy. Fred S. Carr Jr. Virginia Beach, Virginia, U.S. The West may depict Ahmadinejad as dangerous and anti-Semitic, but his interview showed rather a different side. His replies were fairly rational, and you cannot fault him for being an extremist. He may have a very conservative Islamic side, but many Republicans have a conservative Christian side. For those who are critically skeptical of anything...
...last month before a Senate committee that Internet service providers should be required to keep a massive database of their clients' activity, ostensibly to track down child pornography. In 2002, Foley was furious when the Supreme Court ruled it unconstitutional to outlaw computer-generated animations--not actual video--that depict underage characters having sex. "The high court sided with pedophiles over children," Foley blustered. Or it sided with, you know, the First Amendment. Tomato, tomahto...
...classic image of the TV superfan is the minutiae-obsessed, Vulcan-eared Star Trek fan, played by Jon Lovitz opposite William Shatner in a classic Saturday Night Live skit. Today the Lovitzization of entertainment is widespread. When Lost used stock footage from Norway to depict the founder of the Hanso Foundation--the apparent prime mover behind its conspiracy--Norwegian fans went nuts speculating over their homeland's connection to the mystery...