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...star Jack Nicholson said it simply and best: "He gave us our freedom." By which he meant that Brando's example permitted actors to go beyond characterizations that were merely well made, beautifully spoken and seemly in demeanor; allowed them to play not just a script's polished text but its rough, conflicting subtext as well...
...their moving pictures, music and books. If we can extrapolate from cybercave-wall stuff like Cyberswine, the next thousand years of storytelling will put us in the director's seat. The descendants of video games, interactive TV, online environments like MUDs and MOOs (where Net folks cavort in text-based worlds) and hypertext will vest the power to create in the viewers' hands...
...traditional opinion journals like TNR, this influx of political an social commentary comes as a mixed blessing. One the one hand, readers are more inclined to turn to the magazine with the hope of receiving a concentrated dose of thought in an increasingly wide world of text...
...aficionado knows, Ten Thirteen is the name of Carter's production company; on the TV show, it's also the time frequently shown on clocks, 555-1013 is a common phone number, and October 13 is often the date. (It's Carter's birthday.) In Carter's piece, the text of which is top secret, he explains how the X-Files came to being and the conspiracy around them. The truth is out there. You just have to wait around a bit to hear...
Pulling together 4,000 pages of historical text on why Rome fell or two biology textbooks on how our nervous system regulates body function is a daunting task. To do so for four classes in 12 days is even more arduous. Add to that review sections, foreign language classes and a term paper or two, and students find themselves in quite a predicament...