Word: loving
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...title) and MGM's "The Wizard of Oz" (for a delirious production number starring the Ku Klux Klan). Toss in enough gorgeous bluegrass music to make the movie's CD a must-have, and you have prime, picaresque entertainment. It celebrates the chicanery of the human spirit, the love of raillery and rodomontade. But don't ask us for reasons; we just liked it. As Clooney, who never radiated more star quality, opines: "It's a fool that looks for logic in the chambers of the human heart...
...interactions with his parents and son. Jayojit's marriage to Bonny's mother was arranged by their parents, but their subsequent divorce is an anomaly in their parents' society. Chaudhuri juxtaposes flashbacks of Jayojit's marriage to the interaction of Jayojit's parents. Neither couple seems to be in love; but Jayojit's parents, with their traditional mindset, would never think of changing their relationship...
...Jayojit reflects on his failed marriage and analyzes the deficiencies he sees in his parents' relationship, his thoughts seem to be leading him to the conclusion that a marriage will not work unless it is rooted in love. But surprisingly, Jayojit reaffirms his commitment to the idea of arranged marriages and says quite simply that he does not believe in love. This is another way in which Chaudhuri shows the extent to which Jayojit gravitates toward the old world, but these intermittent statements never add up to an understanding of why Jayojit feels the way he does...
...Theatre Club's U.S. premiere of Ayckbourn's West End success, Janie Dee reprises her astonishing London performance as a robot whose emotions are an amalgam of all the bad scenes she's ever played. The play is astonishing too: at once a shrewd satire of TV, a warming love story and a potent meditation on the nature of humanity...
...strictly, sensibly and statewide. Boies won't get anywhere with them defending the bloated Democratic counts in Broward, Volusia and one-fifth of Miami-Dade that were summarily blessed Friday by the Florida Supremes, and the conservatives on the high court won't relinquish their majority until these Democratic love handles get their due dose of liposuction...