‘Stranger’ raises familiar themes

By Di Dang
INTERMISSION| We are presented with Harold as the Everyman who leads a tedious existence. His life consists of his work as a hated IRS agent and his obsession with counting things, like his steps to the bus stop and the number of ounces in a soap dispenser. His regimented life is disturbed one morning when he begins hearing a disembodied voice describing how he is counting the number of brushstrokes it takes to brush his teeth.

Vegas movies!

By Devmin Palihakkara
INTERMISSION| Most movie lists suck.

‘Boys and Girls’ tunes play well together

By Phil Shiu
INTERMISSION| Who says rock is dead?

Bollywood Opera?

By Janet Kim
INTERMISSION| “Opera Meets Bollywood” is the eye-catcher on the yellow flyers advertising “The Sorcerer,” and the short answer is that the Stanford Savoyards manage to pull it off.

Saluting the . . . heroes?

By Rahul Kanakia
INTERMISSION| World War I was a testing ground for anti-heroes.

Here we have our Renoir . . .

By Amy Steinberg
INTERMISSION| The thing about art in a gallery is that it is just that: art, in a gallery.

Letter sex ain’t the same

By Roxy Sass
INTERMISSION| Also, transportation is a lot faster these days. When you really can’t take it anymore, your lover is usually only a long drive or airplane ride away. While maybe you can’t afford this all the time, just remember, you are still fortunate. It’s not like people could just take a weekend off from WWI.

Oh, the music that we bomb to . . .

By Rahul Kanakia
INTERMISSION| Like the current war, World War I was started by a terrorist incident.

Class Stalker

By Emma Trotter
INTERMISSION| “Did you know the potato was considered for many years to be a potent aphrodisiac?