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...Hughes brothers parachute us into the narrative around the time of the first incident, where real-life Inspector Frederick Abberline—played, accent and all, by Johnny Depp—is assigned to lead the investigation into what would became infamously known as the Ripper Murders. What the Hughes fictionalize is Jack’s targeting of a group of six sisterly “unfortunates”—one of whom is Heather Graham—in Whitechapel, tempting them with grapes and dulling their senses with laudanum-laced absinthe before doing the ghastly deed. He?...
...half concealed, shadowy murders—only to wake up and have these apparitions confirmed on the streets. Even awake, Depp wanders in a somewhat dreamlike trance through the crimes, with little in the way of actual detective work or even acting. Depp, a badass no matter what accent you foist upon him, never truly finds a rhythm in his performance or a core to his character. He’s been directed to deliver a subtle performance in the extreme; so subtle in fact that he’s largely left staring deadpan while the action clumsily revolves around...
...Robin Leech’s evaluation of this bathroom, he would have remarked in his pretentious British accent, that this is a bathroom to be recognized the world over. The Versailles of toiletry. Bob Villa would have examined this fine handiwork and exclaimed with glee, “My Lord, this is an old house!” Continuing in the line of accredited domestic credits, Martha Stewart herself would have ogled at the excellent placement of potpourri and tasteful use of mosaic floor tiles. Whether you be on the run, or have the runs, this is a pilgrimage...
...Hollywood stereotypes of Arabs have not matured in the same way at all. An often cited example is Aladdin, in which Scott Weinger ’98 was the voice of Aladdin, the hero, while the arch-villain, Jafar, speaks with a (bad) Arab accent. It does not appear, though, that this bias is malicious—merely cultural. The Siege in 1998 was an eerie prediction of Arab-American internment after terrorist attacks in New York, and the film’s intent seemed to be to show that this was not a reasonable response to a terrorist attack...
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