Here, it's a bitter standoff, despite the affirming sentiments of Mozart's ingeniously multilayered finale.
It's the affirming longevity of that lifelong chat, and the celebration of it, that makes them and this film special.
These days, I'm told, the snarky haters on Facebook have been outnumbered by the affirming "Like" army, twentyfold.
I thought about this as I walked through the St. Anselm parking lot after the Romney event, past gridlocked cars, several of which loudly played the affirming sounds of conservative hosts on their radios.
We gorge on information about the world, about each other, about ourselves, without the guiding bias of a teacher, the narrative structure of a book, or the affirming repetition of experience that turns raw information into useful knowledge.
But I said, 'Hey, there's nothing you can do about it.' " That is especially true since the affirming din of publicity is, in one sense, useful: it encourages Houston donors to finance additional purchases.
