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This is the massive global political domino effect that could result from the simple modification of the Act of Settlement. It is despicable and archaic that such anachronistic bigotry is present in the British legal code; however, it is understandable that so many politicians and leaders have avoided the issue and its associated can of worms all together. Nevertheless, it is time that British politicians find a solution to end this bigotry while being mindful of the practical political implications...
...Faust argues, popularized America’s two greatest products: sentimentality and irony. Her research relies on soldiers’ letters culled from archives around the country. By attaching these voices to names, Faust defines each one’s individuality and grants her subjects intimacy and dignity. The effect is akin to reading a neighbor’s home-printed Christmas letter that’s sprinkled with updates on 10-year-old Sammy’s Little League triumphs. Luckily, Faust has a good ear for picking just the right words. One teenager, “Nannie Haskins...
...encounter that resulted in the loss of most of his teeth, and the subsequent destruction of his embouchure, it is clear that Baker has slipped somewhat beyond reality into his own self-delusions. An addict for more than thirty years, he distantly recalls, at one point, the effect that a speedball (a mixture of cocaine and heroin) has on him, describing it as “a high that other people are afraid of.”Interviews with colleagues and former loves make him out to be a self-absorbed charmer, but there was no shortage of women willing...
...surrounding the dolls. Rather than leaving the artistic merits of the Hopi dolls to the interpretation of the outsider, who draws his own conclusions from a piece based largely on personal sentiment, Ducharme acts as a sort of middleman. By presenting Hopi art through the medium of photography, the effect the katsina dolls have on the viewer has been filtered through Ducharme’s own representation of the carvings: his positioning of the doll, use of lighting, and even how much of the doll’s face he includes in the photograph affect the impression a viewer...
...clear that a fancy video had more to do with a band’s efforts to construct a particular image of itself. Michael Spiccia’s video for the Jet single “Rip It Up” combined video and animation to little effect. Cut-and-paste style text danced across the screen, pencil sketches of buxom women frantically erased themselves: the whole thing looked like a vulgar high schooler’s notebook collage. In fact, there’s a whole “Mirrorball” program devoted to animation. While the technique...