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...message's sometimes strident tone is lightened by moments of strange and occasionally pointless humor or slapstick, in addition to some very funny lines. Nonetheless, the 2 1/2 hour play would be less tiring to watch if the actors cut down on some of the shouting and bouncing around, especially in the first...
...vulnerability is soon masked by another bigoted tirade, never to reappear. More of this kind of complexity could give the play depth and direction when the message and the pointless slapstick begin to get stale...
...Zucker's experiments have worked out. In one recent week the show tried a series of daily call-in segments on such topics as sex, dieting and jobs; they seemed unfocused and pointless. But the show's resurgence is causing concern at Good Morning America, where Joan Lunden and Charles Gibson offer more stable but increasingly bland competition. (CBS This Morning remains a not-quite-so-distant third in the ratings.) Weatherman Spencer Christian recently began joining them on the anchor couch, perhaps to simulate Today's "family" appeal. And when NBC ran TV ads several weeks ago touting Today...
...inclusion of the new album's less impressive material, such as the virtually pointless "Who's Gonna Ride Your Wild Horses?", seemed unnecessary and frustrating when many of the best U2 songs were left off the set list. The most disappointing and inexcusable omission was the band's failure to perform such classics as "Sunday Bloody Sunday," "New Year's Day," and "Exit...
...computers (Only statistics for the lucky class of '95). But how do writing a uselessly simple program and cramming for a test demonstrate anything? If we are expected to be statistically literate, then the QRR should make sure we are statistically literate. The pseudo-requirement we have now is pointless...