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...Happily, Munich and Paradise Now are a relief from all that competence. The latter, about two would-be suicide bombers, is filled with bumbling and a full range of human responses, including humor, to the absurdity of blowing oneself up for a cause. The bombers are average guys dragooned into action by an old pledge. The decision to detonate depends more on a question of personal shame than religious or nationalist avidity-which doesn't seem very realistic either. But if the filmmakers err on the side of humanity, neither are there any blunderbuss "Can't we all just...
...that it’s a parody of a tragedy, that a lot of it is not a joke, but has comical elements. For us, it’s a masquerade. It’s much more like a carnival…The show is about confronting oneself in an inexplicable universe, what it means to be alone, to make someone lonely, to be on the brink of death. But it’s also a farce. Those are all pretty grand ideas to fit into an hour and half play, but that’s what we?...
While these concerns should not cause students to reduce their profiles to nothing more than bland biographical information or superficial résumés, a certain level of prudence, say, not featuring oneself chugging a bottle of champagne or doing a keg stand, would be wise. Being a member of “The Blackout Club” or “I Party My Liver Away All Over the World” might say something of a student’s character that seems funny to us college students, but which might scream something else to a potential...
...when that something is as powerful as it has proven to be, it zaps our desire for interaction, spurring us to refer each other to this or that review instead. Abe, remember our nostalgia for the mix tape/CD, as both a method of wooing a crush and of expressing oneself...
...homeless in two years. The rest of us found our academic happiness—not to mention success—in debating social and moral issues, or in attempting amateur literary and historical analysis. In my first few weeks at Harvard, I did attend an information session about preparing oneself for med school. My parents had suggested it. To me, it was almost for old times’ sake. After returning to my Holworthy suite, I placed the pamphlet in my top desk drawer, promising myself that I would look at it later. I may have then left to read...