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...Comedy Central spin-off “Larry the Cable Guy: Health Inspector” and the Mo’Nique star vehicle “Phat Girlz”—have learned an expensive lesson: never judge a movie by its trailer. Predictably, the studios feign innocence. In an interview with Associated Press film writer David Germain, Dennis Rice—Disney’s publicity chief—argues that studios are looking out for their audiences’ best interests: “If we don’t think [press screenings will] help open...
...wealthier Harvard is objectively a good thing, then so is encouraging seniors who can afford it to donate proportional to their means. But no proponent of Senior Gift can legitimately claim that the withholding of a single $10 donation will materially hurt Harvard. And no detractor can feign great enough financial distress to justify their refusal to plunk down the cash equivalent of a beer and a burrito. Harvard subsidizes everyone’s yearly tuition at least to the tune of $20,000 (more if financial aid is in the picture). Bottom line: It’s never really...
...movie itself, toward the happy ending the film denied its main characters. If the consensus holds, the one challenge left will be for the film's makers, who already have given more than a dozen acceptance speeches, to find new phrases of gratitude on March 5... and to feign surprise when their names are called...
...maleness” or “femaleness.” You don’t even have to be transgender to be a victim; you just have to look different than the stereotypical male or female gender norm. It absolutely happens at Harvard, and those who would feign blindness on the issue need to realize that people they know are victims...
...described the current bilateral discussions as "businesslike." Considering the high stakes involved, "neither Pyongyang nor Washington want to be blamed for having things break down," says Peter Beck, Seoul-based head of the International Crisis Group, an independent think tank. "There is incentive for both sides to at least feign wanting to talk...