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...show is the brainchild of writers Gazali and Butet Kartaredjasa. The latter, in particular, is a well-known actor, comedian and vocal government critic, who had several works banned in the 1990s because they supposedly stirred up "social tension." But he is back in the mainstream now, playing the popular part of Si Butet Yogya, a character who shares the same initials and mannerisms as real life President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono. As the coordinator of a master's program at the University of Indonesia in political communications, Gazali brings an academic knowledge to the program, but he leavens it with...
With four Best Actor Academy Awards between them, the two stars are the main reason for sticking around. Freeman, perhaps the movies' only current embodiment of gentle strength and emotional maturity, may be sick of playing Nature's Nobleman, but it doesn't show here. As Carter gives life lessons to Edward, Freeman gives tips in underacting to Nicholson. But the course doesn't take. Jack - editorializing with every inflection, his eyebrows now permanently arched, his face bloated so that he now resembles the eternal supporting player Elisha Cook Jr. - doesn't bother to occupy a role anymore. Instead...
Washington shot the movie on campus this July after Dr. Allen S. Counter, head of the Harvard Foundation, said that Washington promised to debut the film at Harvard. A close friend of the actor, Counter said he was surprised after finding out that Washington would be keeping his promise...
...dare decide what the audience will take," the actor replied, saying he believes each individual takes away something different from a movie...
After star-struck students and faculty alike approached the actor, Washington exited, stage left. --Staff writer Charlie J. Wells can be reached at wells2@fas.harvard.edu...