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...write and direct films, apparently with a minimum of front-office interference. In the 40s he made nine or ten of them: oddball melodramas ("Girl in Room 20"), low-octane jive musicals ("Dirty Gertie from Harlem U.S.A.," "Juke Joint") and - rare in race movies - religious epics "(The Blood of Jesus," "Go Down, Death," "Of One Blood...
That is why this crisis is of profound importance. One of Jesus' main teachings was the dignity of the vulnerable--children central among them. Unless you are like a child, Jesus taught, you will never enter the Kingdom of Heaven. When Jesus' own church, far from protecting children, molests them and shields their abusers, the sin goes to the heart of what the church is about. And when its leaders cannot take full responsibility, the sin can only metastasize. Bernard Cardinal Law didn't even attend the press conference last week to explain the Cardinals' statement to the people...
...over the siege, canceling a planned meeting between Israeli officials and leaders inside. Palestinian sources say Arafat wants to make political capital out of his control over the situation and make it appear that he is the only one who can come to the rescue of the site where Jesus is believed to have been born...
...halfway between napkin-scribblings and classics, running the gauntlet between stodgy remakes and retro-cool from rock’s heyday. On the manic “White Hands,” lead by a frantic bass, Hayes challenged with true rock and roll sneer: “Jesus, when you going to come back?/ Jesus, I dare you to come back.” The highlight of the evening was the swaggering single, “Spread Your Love” which built from its inflated Beatles conceit to a grinding, howling climax. Black leather and dishevelment are back...
Perhaps the executives at Reprise thought the album was too quiet. But while songs like “War on War, the quirky “Jesus, etc.” and the quiet wiggle of “Radio Cure” take a few listens to sink in, there is no denying the sunny glee of “Kamera” and “I’m the Man Who Loves You.” —Ian MacKenzie...