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To: JohnM who wrote (93085)	11/2/2008 4:27:26 PM
From: Rambi	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 541740

Word Peeve: The use of the word "phase" instead of "faze". Phase is a stage in development Faze is to disconcert or disturb I am seeing it used wrongly more and more. but the quietly wonderful thing about the film is that this is an interracial marriage, which seems to phase none of the participants Other than that, good column, and I loved loved loved the final paragraph. It is why I voted for Obama, and why I managed to not react to the labels of naive, idealistic, blind and foolish. Could it end badly? Sure. I am willing to take that risk. It could be more than worth it. I've often said that cynicism is what passes for insight among the mediocre. Cynicism is certainly incompatible with a nation that believes in its future, believes that it can act creatively for the common good. No doubt, it will be extremely difficult for Barack Obama to succeed as President, if he is elected. He may not have the strength or wisdom necessary for the job; his priorities may the wrong ones. But the very fact of his election, should it occur, will signal that the United States of America that we live in is not the United States that a great many people--including many of my colleagues--imagined we lived in. It will be a place where race can be transcended, a world where film directors are inspired to take the boldest of leaps and imagine a world where cynicism isn't our social default position. And it has the potential to be any number of other things we haven't begun to imagine yet...because it will be someplace new.