ACROSS
1 Chanel product
6 Father of Hector
11 Interruption
14 Give the green
light
15 “The Flintstones”
co-creator
16 Martial arts
accessory
17 Young Pharaoh’s
mischievous
playmate?
20 It’s on display
while boasting
21 Eccentric
22 Stephen Colbert
forte
23 Papuan food
staple
24 Solar prod.
25 Overly sweet
fruit?
31 Features of a Los
Angeles aerial
view
32 Charged thing
33 Chekov
colleague
34 Line on a globe
35 Apt cry in
reaction to four
puzzle answers?
37 One in a cage
38 Carson
predecessor
40 “Norma __”
41 Salad garnish
brand
43 Useless
metallurgical
product?
47 Coll. employee
48 Motivate
49 Helped create, in
a way
51 Hold for another
time
53 “Law & Order:
SVU” rank
56 Small shellfish of
high quality?
59 Succor
60 Parking garage
component
61 Keats’ Muse
62 Montpelier-to-
Providence dir.
63 Ski resort near
Montpelier
64 In la-la land
DOWN
1 Opposite of starve
2 Obstruct
3 Saint Erasmus of
Formia, familiarly
4 San Francisco’s
__ Hill
5 Weekend,
usually
6 Laser particle
7 Large quantity
8 Black
9 “Wheel of
Fortune”
purchase
10 Capital south of
Taipei
11 Seek a higher
authority?
12 Have __ in the
oven
13 “How
unfortunate”
18 Hindu ascetic
19 Athenians, to
Parisians
23 Four after do
24 Selection word
25 Foundation of
many islets
26 What a
homecoming
parade generates
27 Alms provider
28 “Hop-Frog”
author
29 Literature
Nobelist of 1948
30 Fills in
31 Literary sobriquet
35 “Carmina Burana”
composer
36 Former Rocket
Ming
39 “Air Music”
composer
41 Obviously
astonished
42 Vital statistic
44 Some Alpine
entertainment
45 Like Victoria’s
Secret models
46 Woody offshoot?
49 Getaway options
50 Camera lens
feature
51 Blessing for a
couch potato
52 One way to start
53 ER shout
54 Stan with a sax
55 Paris’ realm
57 Exchanged
handshakes
58 Indian honorific
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‘Discovery’ looks at death
Released
on
Netflix,
romantic science fiction film
“The
Discovery”
reveals
scientific proof of life after
death. But the real discovery
is yet to come. When mass
suicide phenomena erupts to
“get
there,”
the
meaning of death
evolves.
“The
Discovery” eagerly
trips over itself to
preach on how.
In
his
only
public
interview,
Dr. Harbor (Robert Redford,
“All The President’s Men”),
the neurologist who made the
breakthrough, is asked whether
he feels responsible for the
thousands of suicides:“No” His
face remains stoic.
“That’s it?”
“That’s it.”
That’s not it. The interview
results in an on-air suicide
by a crew member, and Dr.
Harbor retreats into sudden
and
mysterious
seclusion.
Two years later, his son, Will
(Jason Segel, “How I Met
Your Mother), visits him in a
repurposed mansion on an off-
peak tourist island. Devotees in
prison jumpsuits meditate in its
dreary halls, and in operating
rooms under passcode security,
they die and shock themselves
back to life to “reset the brain.”
To Will’s dismay, his father
unveils a new device that he
claims will record what the
brain sees during the brief
minute of death, and allow
those curious to see what,
really, is in the afterlife. A
budding romance between Will
and Isla (Rooney Mara, “The
Girl With the Dragon Tattoo”),
a girl he met on the island, leads
to Will questioning how their
relationship fits against the
backdrop of life, death and the
discovery.
“The
Discovery”
raises
interesting
questions about
bioethics
and
metaphysics,
but
the
film
exists
purely
as
a
means
to
that
end,
prioritizing
philosophical
musing
over
character development. While
it
successfully
mobilizes
serious thought in an accessible
way,
it
does
so
through
monologues about the meaning
of life artificially inserted into
dialogue. Within minutes of
Will and Isla’s first meeting, the
pair is already opining about
the afterlife. With inherently
unnatural-sounding
lines,
their delivery comes across
as stiff, dissolving thematic
development into tedium. Even
as their romance progresses,
they are defined more by their
circumstances than by who
they are.
The plot twist at the end
sheds some clarity on why
that is, but isn’t remarkable
enough to overcome the lack of
characterization
throughout.
Most times, the script seems
exceedingly pleased with its
own intelligence, and tries its
hardest to create opportunities
to hear itself spoken aloud.
Still, the actors do their
best
to
personalize
their
lines. One of the few realistic-
sounding discussions is when
a
supporting
actor
(Riley
Keough, “American Honey”)
talks about how it may be
easier to justify murder. She
sounds irritated, mentions the
comment off-hand in between
slips of another conversation
— the idea of death has been
normalized.
Also, the tightly stylized
creative elements help add
dynamism.
The
cool-toned
color palette moodily matches
its subject matter, setting up
gorgeous
contrasts
between
dreary shadows and glowing
light.
The
cinematography,
adds a humanizing dimension,
taking special care to highlight
movement through the screen
in way the script fails to do.
The mansion’s design, which
nixes glossy futurism typical
in science fiction in favor of
clunky, homegrown machinery,
feels believable and unique.
With a talented cast and
crew, “The Discovery” had
potential to be more compelling
than it was. But instead of
setting
its
philosophical
dilemma as a foundation to
build upon, the film did the
opposite, creating an elaborate
plot just to prop up one lucky
writer’s conjectures. It feels
hollow, and the audience never
gets the chance to connect with
its characters.
VANESSA WONG
Daily Arts Writer
“The Discovery”
Netflix
Streaming on
Netflix
‘Poets at Michigan’: A
reflective look at MI poets
COMMUNITY CULTURE PREVIEW
Poetry has played an integral
role in literature and the arts
for
generations.
From
epic
poetry to contemporary poetry,
it has simultaneously reflected
and created culture.
At the University itself, poets
have had a far-
reaching influence,
impacting
students,
faculty
and
the
community.
To
showcase
these
poets
and
their works, the
Department
of
English Language
and
Literature
will
present
the
symposium “Poets
at Michigan, Then and Now.”
This symposium is a part
of the University of Michigan
Bicentennial
celebration,
a
celebration that also includes
events like Stumbling Blocks,
themed classes, Spring Festival
and more. The event is comprised
of three panels that are split up
based on the time period.
“It’s going to cover the
range of poets at Michigan,”
said Cody Walker, professor
of English and director of the
Creative Writing minor. “We
are looking at poets who taught
here or were students here —
sometimes both — and we begin
with Robert Frost.”
The
morning
panel
will
cover
Robert
Frost,
the
Hopwood
Awards
and
the
History of Poetry at Michigan.
Frost played an active role as
a professor at the University,
hosting many readings and
engaging
with
Ann
Arbor
residents through his work.
Archival
research,
edited
letters and other information
on Frost will be presented. This
panel also includes the History
of Poetry at Michigan and the
Hopwood Awards, which are
contests and prizes granted
to students for
their
writing,
established
in
1931.
The
next
panel is titled
“The
Middle
Years,” covering
Robert Hayden,
Theodore
Roethke, Donald
Hall,
Jane
Kenyon
and
more. Similar to
the first panel, it will present
a mix of research and work by
the poets.
The final panel, titled “The
Art Continues: Contemporary
Michigan Poets,” will mostly
include readings performed by
current faculty or graduated
MFA students. Through this
structure of the symposium,
each panel will highlight the
changes in poetry through
the
years,
showcasing
the
development of this art form
through time at Michigan.
Keith Taylor, undergraduate
creative writing coordinator,
professor of English Laurence
Goldstein, alum Paul Diamond
and Walker are the creators
of the event. Goldstein came
up with the idea behind the
celebration,
and
Walker
became involved because he
teaches a class titled “Michigan
Poets, Then and Now.” The
symposium will loosely follow
the structure of Walker’s class.
“I
hope
that
this
is
something that people will
really remember as important …
that it stays with them,” Walker
said.
Walker acknowledged that
many of the poets — like Frost
and W.H. Auden — who either
were students or taught at
Michigan may not be widely
associated with the campus
community. This event could
help draw attention toward
Michigan’s history of poets,
therefore acknowledging both
the poets and the University
itself.
“Frost was a presence on
campus, and he helped to
establish the idea that having
a poet on campus might be
a valuable thing, besides for
teaching,” Walker said.
Walker
also
noted
that
several
of
the
professors
involved with the symposium
are retiring after this year,
have retired recently or will
retire soon, including Nicholas
Delbanco,
Goldstein
and
Taylor. While the retirement
of these professors is not the
main focus of the symposium,
Walker believes it is significant
for them as well. The event
serves not only as a public
act for them, but as an act of
commemoration.
“These people have been
here for decades and decades
and decades, and they are
the institutional memories of
this place,” Walker said. “The
conference gets to celebrate
them as these fonts of wisdom.”
NITYA GUPTA
Daily Arts Writer
“Poets at
Michigan, Then
and Now”
Michigan Union
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“We are currently working
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