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...itself was a challenge for Weitz, who had a small budget from Universal, a 40-day shoot (the director’s longest), and a legitimately large cast—regardless of how many of these actors he had worked with previously. His relationship with his actors is of particular note in Hollywood, where it is uncommon for friendships to emerge. Weitz says that he “really enjoys working with actors.” As opposed to the image of uptight directors, Weitz finds actors to contribute to a “calm and creative atmosphere...
...long without significant changes in the form or feel. There is a degree of self-indulgence on many of these songs that may appeal to the hard-core Built to Spill fan, but will undoubtedly fall upon the deaf ears of the uninterested and uninitiated. In particular, the repetitive lyrics and limited chordal palette—Martsch’s familiar predilection for minor key resolutions is rampant here—exacerbating the mindlessness induced by long, formless instrumental breaks. The album does begin with a solid first track, “Goin’ Against Your Mind...
...just talking about college in general,” he said. “You have to deal with so many other issues with these students, and you have to deal with so many stigmas attached to institutions of higher learning in general—and Harvard in particular.”Selling Harvard on rural reservations proved an even greater challenge. Native Americans there “view Harvard or institutions of higher education in general as foreign institutions coming in to change who they are and indoctrinate them in another society,” he said. Hutchinson said...
...quality of higher education are understandable and well-intentioned, the use of standardized testing is an inappropriate and ineffectual solution that should not be pursued.Two main arguments have been made in support of testing: first, that the results will assist consumers in gauging the value of education from particular institutions, and second, that something should be done about the substantial portion of students who are leaving college without even a basic set of skills, such as the ability to read complex texts or draw inferences. On neither account is standardized testing the right answer. The value of the college experience...
...toward critics by suggesting that they are out-of-touch with average moviegoers. Of course, film critics have their biases. Indeed, certain movie genres, namely horror and comedy, are perennially panned. Unsurprisingly, a majority of this year’s unscreened films fall into one of those categories. In particular, Adam Sandler’s production company—Happy Madison Productions—has blighted the cinematic landscape twice this season, with puerile ensemble farces “Grandma’s Boy” and “Benchwarmers.” Both movies suffer from hoary plots...