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"The offending episode is entitled 'Hot All-Girl Action,' and it finds Buster taking his camera to visit a lesbian couple in Vermont as they take their daughter out to fetch some maple sap for syrup-making."

-Letters


News + Opinions

Saving babies, murdering hip-hop

Or: Yo, yo, yo! What the hizz-ell is up with those wiggity-whack Baby Safe Haven ads?
Julia Reischel

A look at the origins of the year's most perplexing ad for giving babies away. More

Music

Thalia Zedek

Less depressed than we assessed
Nolan Gawron

Boston rock doyenne emerges with serious dirges.

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Eats + Drinks

TAPAS AT MASA

Thank God it’s not another damn bistro
Eric Solomon

Tapas: Not just for Spaniards anymore. More

Spanked

Whip it; Whip it good

EMILY PEPPER

Various horror stories about public masturbation.

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Film

Imaginary Heroes vs. Constantine

Stunned and Stunner plus Dead and Deader
David Wildman

Two mainstream releases about all the good stuff: death, sex and more death. More

Film

Inside Deep Throat

Keeping the cultural raiders from swallowing history
David Wildman

A documentary about the porno film Deep Throat, one of the highest grossing films of all time and the first salvo in the culture wars. More

Geeked

ODDWORLD: STRANGER’S WRATH

Seth McM. Donlin

Stranger’s Wrath is a very strange game. Geeks who only enjoy playing samurai, space marines or large-breasted volleyball stars should probably give this one a pass; But more adventurous souls—those that get off on a unique game set in a bizarre, intriguing world—should definitely give this one a try. More


Academy Award-Winning Short Documentaries

The Oscar for short documentaries lives in the hearts of Hollywood people desperate to convince the world they are indeed capable of appreciating short, often cheaply made films that don’t involve Michael Bay. And tonight you can see the nominees before the winner is announced (before the Oscar for best gaffer and after that Lifetime Achievement Award for Sigourney Weaver’s fluffer). Bonus: free popcorn.

Coolidge Corner Theatre, 290 Harvard St., Brookline. 617.734.2500. 7pm/all ages/$5. www.coolidge.org