The sweet smell of organic strawberries tickled my nose as they were pulled from the refrigerator and placed on the kitchen island in preparation for a cooking class at the Anteater Recreational Center (ARC) on a Wednesday afternoon. Along with these plump strawberries picked from the South Coast Farms in San Juan, the counter was occupied by tapioca powder, blueberry juice, lemon juice and … arugula? How did this batch of arugula get on the kitchen counter and more importantly, how will it mesh with strawberries? Although a little skeptical in the beginning, by the end of the hour the combination of arugula and strawberries in a dish would not be a question.
Sometime in the near, but distant future, the Earth will be filled with trash and the waste built up over the years by humans and monopolizing companies. All human life has evacuated to a spaceship run by robots that excessively feed, entertain and think for them. Meanwhile, back on Earth, trash collectors are hard at work to rid the planet of all its garbage so that humans can return in a timely five years. Unfortunately, this supposed five-year plan has extended to 700 years, and while humans have long forgotten about life on Earth, all the trash collectors have rusted away or shut down, except for one.
'American Gangster' is a Western tale portraying American life at its most ruthless. A two-and-a-half hour epic, 'Gangster' has very slow points but...
