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...Internet) can isolate us and distort our desires. Yet the questions raised are relatively one-dimensional and often lack nuance or support in the details of the film. Furthermore, The Center of the World falls short of its potential as a drama. The film is only 86 minutes in length, and yet at times it even seems too long. The problem is that the narrative development is flat and ineffective—Wang seems unable to manipulate action and tension into a pattern that’s satisfying to audiences. Also lacking is effective imagery. The film is shot, interestingly...
...According to an extensive new study of more than 1,364 preschoolers, kids who spend the bulk of their early years in the company of anyone but their mothers are more likely to exhibit aggressive behavior once they get to kindergarten. The length of separation was a major factor: Researchers found that the more time kids spent away from their mothers, the more likely they were to develop behavioral problems...
Goodwin spoke at length of her own parents, and the roles they played in encouraging her to succeed, a sentiment emphasized in Lim's address as well...
...known for a healing technique called guided imagery, in which the patient meditates on her disease, her immune system and the medicines coursing through her body. And while nobody knows precisely how it works, guided imagery has shown clear benefit in reversing weight loss in cancer patients, reducing the length of hospital stays and easing the pain and fatigue of a number of ailments...
...acting in Stephen, Scott’s Son is solid, the production is solid, but the production also suffers from length, overdrawn scenes and discussions that verge on tediousness. It seems that the importance and timelessness of the themes under consideration here started to get in the way of the play’s coherence and power. Stephen, Scott’s Son is still an ambitious attempt to get that whole quest for greatness complex that taunts so many of us. Even if it doesn’t completely succeed, you can tell that like Stephen, the play desires...