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Flynn listed Washington Irving, Charles Dickens, Clement C. Moore, author of "A Visit from Saint Nichols," or "`Taws the Night before Christmas," Francis Church and Thomas Nast as DWAMQs. Queen Victoria was also implicated, he said.
"Aside from Dickens, few realized what they had done; otherwise, they probably would have run, not walked, from the dustpan of history," Flynn said.
Flynn said prejudice against the yule-free canbe traced to two distinct figures: Dickens'Ebeneezer Scrooge and Dr. Seuss' Grinch.
Despite Smith's stellar performance, the film's most interesting character is Brill, played wonderfully by Hackman. He is a dark and bitter ex-agent of the National Security Agency out for revenge against the institution that forsook him. His motivations are skewed, actions devious and intent unknown. In one...
Wolfe has said he wants to write realistic novels that chronicle our times the way Charles Dickens captured the 19th century. U.S. readers showed their approval of Dickens by waiting in long lines for hours to attend his lectures and readings. In the 20th century, the sizable first printing of...