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Iron Man 3
Iron Man 3 is the kind of crowd-pleasing adventure picture that has no business being so good. After a sensational first installment from Director Jon Favreau that surprised audiences with its quick-wit and towering performance from leading actor Robert Downey Jr., the minor pitfall of Favreau’s uneventful Iron Man 2 was only salvaged by the […]
The Truth Behind Ron Swanson
One of the best shows to come out recently is NBC’s Parks and Recreation. Â It tells the story of Leslie Knope, a heartbreakingly dedicated public servant who works in the Parks Department in the small town of Pawnee, Indiana (“First in Friendship, Fourth in Obesity”). Â Knope’s eternal optimism and extraordinary work ethic often put her […]
Black. White.
Unless and until the races are willing to sacrifice everything that makes them who they are – not entirely desirable – racial consciousness and, therefore, “racism” will probably never just disappear. That’s no reason cross-racial friendships can’t occur (as they often do). But they’re not going to occur through racial reconciliation conferences or lots of kumbaya singing, and certainly not through the races taking each other out in disguise and then yelling at each other when the other race doesn’t see things the same way. They will occur, if at all, the same way all friendships occur: through people simply being themselves and finding things they have in common. Programs like Black White, even when they have the best of intentions, need to back off and let this happen. It can’t be forced.
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