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...much of the music seemed to come from the same new-age soundtrack with the requisite beeps and static. Not surprisingly, the one-minute format was better at capturing small moments than complex concepts. “About a minute is a good amount of time for a sort of visual gag,” audience member Diana G. Kimball ’09 said. “A minute isn’t a very good length of time for subtlety.” The most successful films were those that didn’t attempt to capture anything...
...Greeks. We explored brotherhood and post-traumatic stress disorder. Throughout the process, we interviewed a lot of veterans and people in service.” Heidi Nelson, one of the dramaturges, says that when they began working on the project two summers ago, the group had no idea what sort of production it would ultimately produce. “We knew it would be a play about war, but nothing more specific than that,” Nelson says. “[McLaughlin] asked people to research anything and everything that peaked their interest involving war.” Students...
...scene in the novel where there’s a flood that bursts through the castle, and one of my favorite things to do when I was a kid at school was imagine what school would be like if there was a sudden flood. It was sort of fun; I imagined sitting on a floating desk and paddling away. So I guess I was used to the idea of looking at an ordinary theme and imagining it as extraordinary. THC: When you write fantasy and you ask us to suspend disbelief, how do you know the limit? MR: It should...
...genre, but the destruction of his cred with a major label release. For the most part he succeeds in his mission of shaking up the nation. He schools rappers and listeners alike about their heritage in “The Science,” which serves as a sort of Cliffs Notes take on the origin of hip-hop and ranges from slavery to crack.Similarly, “Can It Be (Half a Million Dollars and 18 Months Later),” which borrows the hook from Michael Jackson’s “I Wanna Be Where...
...first overall in the NFL draft, Davis was diagnosed with leukemia before he ever played an NFL down. He died shortly thereafter at the age of 23.In addition to his on-field performance, Davis was an admirable student and an even better person off the field—a sort of cross between Florida’s Tim Tebow (last year’s Heisman winner), and Jackie Robinson. Although his story is well-known among baby boomers, the legend of Davis is largely unknown to younger sports fans. If nothing else, “The Express” should...