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MONDAY, FEBRUARY 24, 2014
THE UNIVERSITY DAILY KANSAN
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Jimmy Fallon appears during his "The Tonight Show" debut on Feb. 17 in New York. Fallon departed from the network's "Late Night" on Feb. 7 after five years as host, and is now the host of "The Tonight Show," replacing Jay Leno after 22 years.
Jimmy Fallon's "Tonight Show" debut receives mixed reviews
ANDREW HOSKINS
entertain@kansan.com
Former Saturday Night Live star Jimmy Fallon became the newest "Tonight Show" host this month. Known for his zany antics, musical abilities and quick wit, Fallon was seen by many as a perfect fit as the new host.
But has he lived up to the hype thus far? Now that he's a week into the job, we asked a few of the University's theater and film students and faculty for their opinions.
"What I really enjoy about Jimmy Fallon is that he doesn't simply read jokes off of a teleprompter," said Abby Hadel, a junior theater major from Lenexa. "He fully commits to the comedy with his tone, body language and facial expressions, making him a step above past late night hosts.
Hadel also feels that Fallon's acting and improv experience give him an advantage.
"It's refreshing to see a younger face on late night television who can usher in the comedy that younger generations find so appealing," Hadel said.
Amit Patel, a film and media studies grad student from Olathe, also enjoys the new "Tonight Show" host.
"He has an energetic and humble persona. He comes off as a genuinely nice guy."
AMIT PATEL
Olathe grad student
"I think Jimmy Fallon is off to an excellent start," Patel said. "Fallon is difficult not to like because he has an energetic and humble persona. He comes off as a genuinely nice guy."
Carl Swanson, a film and media studies graduate
teaching assistant from Kansas City, Mo., disagrees.
"For the most part, he spends too much time here thanking people and acknowledging how historical the moment is, which is also kind of self-serving," Swanson said. "He did start off by knocking Leno twice, which I appreciate because Leno isn't funny, Fallon has been characterized as being a more personable and inviting host, but his sincerity ate up a lot of time. It kind of doesn't make sense."
Katherine Pryor, managing director of the Department of Theatre, appreciates Fallon's personable attitude.
"He is very humble and I know he has had some criticism for that but I find his attitude to resonate honesty," Pryor said. "He has a keen comedic sense and I think he is an excellent impersonator."
Edited by Callan Reilly
Hundreds of Anne Frank books vandalized in Tokyo
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A ripped copy of Anne Frank's "Diary of a Young Girl" picture book is shown by Shinjuku City Library Director Kotaro Fujimaki at the library in Tokyo. Hundreds of copies of Anne Frank's diary and related books have been found vandalized across the city's libraries in the last month, sparking fears of an anti-Semitic motive.
TOKYO — Anne Frank's "The Diary of a Young Girl" and scores of books about the young Holocaust victim have been vandalized in Tokyo public libraries since earlier this year.
In the Nakano district libraries, the vandals apparently damaged the books while unnoticed inside reading rooms, according to city official Mitsujiro ikeda.
He said that while there has been some history of "journalistic and literary anti-Semitism in Japan, these kinds of incidents are in fact quite rare."
"Books related to Ms. Anne
New York-based Anti-Defamation League's national director, Abraham Foxman, called for a full investigation and asked Japan's government "to carefully consider if this act of disrespect for the memory of the millions of Jewish victims who lost their lives in the Holocaust requires a new look at educational initiatives regarding the Holocaust and anti-Semitism."
Japan and Nazi Germany were allies in World War II, and though Holocaust denial has occurred in Japan at times, the motive for damaging the Anne Frank books is unclear. Police are investigating.
The damage was mostly in the form of dozens of ripped pages in the books. Librarians have counted at least 265 damaged books at 31 municipal libraries since the end of January.
Chief Cabinet Secretary Yoshihide Suga called the vandalism "shameful" and said Japan would not tolerate such acts.
Frank are clearly targeted, and it's happening across Tokyo," he said Friday. "It's outrageous."
At another library, all the books that were damaged could have been found using the keywords "Anne Frank" in an online database.
At least one library has moved Anne Frank-related books behind the counter for protection, though they can still be checked out.
Anne Frank wrote her diary over the two years she and
her family hid in a concealed apartment in Nazi-occupied Netherlands during World War II. After her family was betrayed and deported, she died in a German concentration camp at age 15 in 1945.
Her father survived and published her diary, which has become the most widely read document to emerge from the Holocaust.
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