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...Cats ("Aeschylus did not invent theater to have it end with a bunch of chorus kids wondering which of them will go to Kitty Kat Heaven."), to Harvard students, ("Is that all I am? An investment?"). At the same time it captures with great compassion and understanding the tragic fears and disappointments in the lives of those who seem to have...
...year is here. It's time to take one last look at 1993. Immediate thoughts come to mind. Tragic deaths...The infamous timeout...Air Jordan flies no more...James B. Orthwein lies some more...Bill Lambeer cries no more...But let's just, for today, dwell on the positive. Despite the seemingly inordinate amount of tragedy, 1993 had its share of greatness. It had its share of excitement. And it certainly had its share of heartwarming stories. All in all, as other years, it reduced grown men to tears, sent young children dancing in the streets, and confirmed once again...
...reasons no one quite understands, New York City's suburbs on Long Island have been the setting for particularly bizarre and tragic crimes over the past few years...
...beds to take care of known AIDS patients. Why identify more?" Actually, testing is cruel only in a world where captains of sinking ships do not warn passengers because the captains cannot get off. We must marshal the moral courage to tell those infected with HIV: It is truly tragic that currently we have no way to save your life, but surely you recognize your duty to try to help save the lives of others...
Above all, this genre is about manliness and different ways of achieving its basic requisites -- honor, stoicism and freedom of movement. Geronimo: An American Legend takes a tragic view of those values. Everyone who tries to live by them ends up dead, imprisoned or disgraced. In that sense, it is very much a '90s movie, a conscious metaphorical backlash against newer, softer definitions of masculinity. Here good soldiers and Apaches are equally the victims of compromising, "civilizing" forces...