Word: corrupter
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...images are indelible, in history and in movies: Henry Fonda agitating for farmworkers' rights in The Grapes of Wrath; Sally Field leading the textile workers in Norma Rae; even the young Marlon Brando finally realizing, in On the Waterfront, that good union guys could overcome corrupt union leaders. As Woody Guthrie songs were the sound track of America's organized working class, the movies offered snapshots of blue-collar heroism...
...something about us having the greatest skiing on earth or the world's greatest choir," he said. We had a lot of work to do. My first idea, "Utah: the no-drinkin', no-gamblin', no-whinin' state" didn't go over well. And "Utah: our Olympic officials are as corrupt as anyone's" was summarily dismissed. But "Utah: home of that snotty Sundance Film Festival" pleased the Senator greatly. "Robert Redford is a liberal Democrat. What do you expect?" he said. And after we tried to come up with a line about the Mormon Tabernacle Choir, the Senator, afraid...
...Ironically, one of the TV series Lieberman awarded the Silver Sewer last year, the outstanding Fox Hollywood satire "Action," made Lieberman's case far better than he does, scathingly portraying movie execs as venal, corrupt sleazebags. Like most moralists, of course, the senator was too narrow-minded to look past the fact that the show contained a bunch of dirty words. But one standout episode also contained a blistering rejoinder to Lieberman's kind of moralizing. The show's antihero, movie producer Peter Dragon, defends his sex-and- blood-soaked movies to a sanctimonious senator at a congressional hearing...
...Russia the Chicago-based character actor is nothing less than the new Lee Marvin. As "American" in the recently released Brother II--Russia's biggest domestically produced box-office hit this year (and sequel to the summer 1997 hit Brother)--Houston plays a corrupt ice hockey agent/Mob boss who embodies all the evils of the capitalist Red, White and Blue. "News to me," says Houston of his megahuge status in Murmansk. "I haven't seen the movie yet." Houston isn't even 100% sure his nefarious character dies onscreen, but he definitely won't be cruising to Moscow anytime soon...
...handedly, according to the police, she put the pieces of a global smuggling network together, at first making the trip to China herself and acting as guide to small groups, using Mexico, Belize and other Central American states as staging points. Police say she did it by buying off corrupt immigration, tourist and other officials, using fake or purchased papers and then transshipping immigrants to America. She charged a small down payment, and hopefuls promised to borrow the rest of the money upon arrival from families already in the U.S. Those who couldn't pay were found jobs at restaurants...