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James Keane, SJ :
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James T. Keane, SJ is a Jesuit scholastic studying creative writing at Columbia University.
November 13th, 2006
Sacha Baron Cohen's hilarious new film cuts uncomfortably close to the bone
As the many diehard fans of British comedian Sacha Baron Cohen had hoped, Borat: Cultural Learnings of America for Make Benefit Glorious Nation of Kazakhstan includes sixty minutes of ...
September 19th, 2006
A review of Dylan's Modern Times
The year 1976 in the United States might as well have been a million years ago to the average BustedHalo reader. The nation celebrated its bicentennial. ...
December 15th, 2005
Disney's Narnia adaptation doesn't disappoint
"It's not like he's a tame lion." It's a single line, delivered in the final moments of The Lion, The Witch, and The Wardrobe, long after the climax is complete. ...
May 11th, 2005
Little chance for dialogue with protesters at The Vagina Monologues
Some plays just shouldn't be performed at a Catholic university. Take, for example, a recent production by Fordham University students that included appearances by demonic forces, implied sexual intercourse ...
March 27th, 2005
A review of Bob Dylan's autobiography, Chronicles: Volume I
When Greil Marcus reviewed Bob Dylan's eagerly awaited 1970 album Self-Portrait for Rolling Stone, he began with the infamous line "what is this s—t?" Dylan's legions of fans, ...
February 9th, 2005
HBO's The Life and Death of Peter Sellers
Inspector Jacques Clouseau. Chance Gardiner. Dr. Strangelove, Lionel Mandrake, and President Merkin Muffley. All these memorable characters and a score more were ...
January 6th, 2005
HBO's latest comedy phenomenon is vulgar, offensive and hilariously revealing
Yes, it's crass. It's crude. And it's more than a little insensitive. All these charges can and ...
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