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...hard to see why Streep wanted the role as Kate Gulden. For one thing, she gets to do another accent. (This time, it's a sweet mothery voice that seems deliberately constructed to contrast with Zellwegger's slight poutiness.) She also makes the most of juicy monologues where she not only pours out her soul, but also gives us a devastating and unglamorous portrait of a woman rendered helpless by the ravages of disease. But Streep avoids the overacting bug. She never gives us more than what Kate really is--a mother who knows nothing else but the instinct...
...greatest weapon is his smile, which breaks across his craggy face and spreads to the two small clouds of white hair that frame his balding head. He doesn't own a suit. He giggles. Any big plan would have to be written down rather than announced: his strong Yankee accent is thickened by the loss of teeth years ago in a bar fight. When he says his name, it sounds like "Furry Turtle...
...believe in fatwas. And besides, other Hindu groups were more complimentary, saying her pronunciation of chants was improving and she should be commended for her interest in and promotion of the "enlightened life." Oddly, there was no protest from the BBC about her appropriating its pronunciation for her new accent...
...faults and virtues are fairly common. As overheard in any Harvard introduction, here are the basics: I am a sophomore in Pforzheimer House concentrating in History and Literature. I'm much maligned for my flagrant California accent--which sounds, like, completely normal...
Revealing a humor to rival Bob Hope, Mandela,in his clipped accent, began his speech with thetale of a frightened visitor he met 10 years agoin South Africa...