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June 14, 2026
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Water, phallic symbols featured in DDE's 'Cistern'

By Matthew Ritger | April 16, 2007

Ryan Yuk / The Dartmouth Staff When the stage went dark about halfway through the show and the dancers returned equipped with strap-on dildo contraptions, I said to myself, now this is my kind of dance! The dildos, which director Ford Evans referred to as "a moment of levity" during a post-performance discussion, were inspired by the practices of French farmers, who use one-legged strap-on stools to sit on while milking cows.

Rose McGowan shows off her assets as Cherry, a stripper-turned vigilante in Robert Rodriguez's
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Blood, boobs and bad guys fill the screen in 'Grindhouse'

By Dylan Hume | April 12, 2007

Courtesy of Rotten Tomatoes Let me begin by saying this: If you go see "Grindhouse" expecting two plotless, gore-filled excuses for movies, well ... you'll be satisfied, more or less, but you'd be missing the point. I went into "Grindhouse" expecting nothing.

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Iranians' political fury on stylized "300" misplaced

By Joe Indvik | April 9, 2007

In the touchy world of today's international politics, even 2500-year old issues can become ammunition for cultural outrage. "Hollywood declares war on Iranians," read a headline in Iran's Ayende-no newspaper soon after the release of "300," a stylized action flick based on the graphic novel by Frank Miller which depicts the battle of Thermopylae in 480 B.C.

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Kings of Leon lose their trademark twang -- and appeal

By Caitlin Kelly | April 9, 2007

Despite press peppered with adjectives like "deep-fried," influences in the rock realm of Lynyrd Skynyrd and a back story as American as apple pie (the three Followill brothers crossed the country with their preacher father, spread the Holy Word and listened to classic rock until forming a band with their cousin), Kings of Leon never struck me as a "Southern" band.

Jacinda Barrett and Kal Penn star in
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DFS bends laws of time and space with new film series

By Allison Ruderman | April 4, 2007

Photo Courtesy of Rotten Tomatoes In movies, time can take on a flexibility that just isn't possible in the real world (if you just forget about the little time trip we all took a few weeks ago called daylight savings). Through editing and simple dramatic license, moviemakers can do whatever they want with temporal construction.

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Trio Mediaeval bring new grace to international repertoire

By Caitlin Kelly | April 3, 2007

"American Idol" has exposed us all to the horrors of the diva-inspired vibrato and those monstrous stretches of crooning that run through more pitches than Major League Baseball announcer's play-by-play. This weekend offered a break for those lucky enough to be seated in Rollins Chapel, where the Trio Mediaeval gave two performances unadulterated by pop "virtuosity" or distracting dramatics.

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Ted Leo mixes old and new with varying success on 'Living'

By Chris Barth | April 2, 2007

On March 20, America's favorite vegan rocker Theodore Francis Leo, backed by his bandmates, returned to the indie-punk rock scene with his fifth album in eight years, "Living With The Living". Like previous records, "Living With The Living" combines punk grooves and brash guitar riffs with intelligent lyrics and interesting vocals to create a sound that, despite not varying greatly over the course of the album's hour-long run, manages to keep the listener engaged. Ted Leo and the Pharmacists, who played at Dartmouth two springs ago, have managed to capture hearts and slowly build a fan base over their short existence.

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