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...amounts of dead cows. However, the incessant, heavy-handed dialogue and the poor character development doom this film to be a disgraceful feature rather than a respectable documentary. The attempt at a creative and educational film that would compel America to change its ways results in a badly written guilt trip that lasts just under two hours. On the whole, each actor in the ensemble cast does his best with the role he is given, however unnatural his lines or his character. Greg Kinnear (“Little Miss Sunshine”) portrays the head of marketing of Mickey?...
...spoil more of the film, but suffice it to say that Kurosawa makes a definitive statement about whether people are inherently compassionate or selfish.Polanski strings equally palpable tension throughout “Knife in the Water,” a three-person drama about a couple who, out of guilt, invite a hitchhiker who they’ve almost run over out for a day of boating. The anxiety explored in this film is of the awkward sexual variety, as the husband competes to prove his superior virility through a series of contrived tests of masculinity.What differentiates...
...both these foibles. The correlational style of argument is as apt to establish that, say, ice-cream sales cause homicides, since both peak at the same time of year. The long list of supposed causes of autism touted in the press has given parents false hope or, worse, false guilt, while damaging autism science and the public's trust...
...explain the mania surrounding Obama's political career, Joe Klein quoted Shelby Steele, who said that "it's all about gratitude" and that white Americans are enthusiastic about the Senator because he allows them to forget about "racial guilt." As an Asian American who strongly supports Obama, where do I fall? Once again, a conversation on race has been reduced to white and black. I am energized by the Senator because he is smart, thoughtful and pragmatic. He represents me, a Democrat with strong Christian values. He knows the struggle of trying to attain the American Dream and the difficulties...
...still promises to unnerve Harvard students, at least according to those involved in the production. Parks takes the social commentary of Hawthorne’s original one step further: while “In the Blood” is still very much a meditation on themes such as guilt, adultery, and other dusty Puritan affairs, the play also extends and ruminates on a range of modern ills, including poverty, homelessness, and the exploitation of those less fortunate. “When [many Harvard students] hear about certain challenges people face, it’s hard for them to relate with...