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...film, the already short 89-minute “Jack and Jill vs. the World” digresses too far with a tangential storyline involving Jack’s father. Rather than use Jack’s father as a narrative ploy to illuminate Jill’s healing effect on Jack’s life, Parise fails to utilize the character, creating an unnecessary tangent that both confuses and disturbs the flow of the film. Despite these pointless scenes, in which the actors find it understandably difficult to be convincing, the performances overall are satisfactory. Though I don?...
...metaphors? Well I have good news for all three of you who answered yes to both questions: Lil’ Wayne’s “Lollipop” has all the derivative lyrics and sugary beats you crave, and it’s got that cool vocoder effect that T-Pain always uses. Now isn’t that swell? The video for “Lollipop,” the first single off long-awaited LP “Tha Carter III,” begins high over the city of Las Vegas. The camera quickly zooms...
...through a supermarket and various domestic abodes. Neat? A little, maybe. Fast-paced? Not really. But what is it, you ask, that’s threatening the posh world of these A-listers? The video doesn’t really make it clear, showing instead this inane triangular pixilation effect that follows the stars wherever they prance. If this is the menace that threatens their future, I can’t say I sympathize with their lyrical sense of urgency. Another minor grievance with this offering is that it’s way more for the guys than the girls?...
...hope that it is successful enough to lead to similar experiments in the future. In addition to providing greater opportunities for students, a large base of such programs would help to establish connections between younger generations in China and the United States. Although we are unsure at how much effect this particular, somewhat limited program will have on cultural exchange, its introduction is a sign of greater global community, and it signals a future in which the Internet allows different countries to share cultural and intellectual innovations...
...words, however, have had no effect. To this day, the Bush Administration continues to ignore McCain's advice...