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...press conference in the same hotel at which he confronted charges that he had dodged the draft. Now, of course, the questions are about Whitewater, but Clinton's strategy is pretty much the same as it was two years ago: accusing his accusers of trying to distract the public's attention from far more important issues like health care and crime. At a Democratic dinner in Boston, a red-faced Clinton shouted that instead of engaging in "honest political debate," the Republican Party "just stands up and says no, no, no, no . . ." Reporters counted nine noes, each punctuated...
Kaplan also characterized the Review's activities as "trying to distract attention away from the benefit of the Kaplan program...
...perfectly frank and forthright, we did despair. At times, we sobbed out loud. We tried to distract ourselves by going to fancy corporate affairs, but got kicked out for throwing croutons and shouting obscenities...
...actors in just about every scene. Peter Ngor's camera creates a luscious surface of vivid colors and careful compositions that does full justice to Raymond Lee's sets and art direction. However, the film's visual beauty and the amusing acrobatics in some of the scenes fail to distract one from the cruelty of the era the movie depicts. There is an extraordinarily disturbing scene where the prodigiously endowed and sadistic Kuen rapes and beats his wife. Some of the sex scenes are so over the top that one begins to think that this is an erotic John...
...documentary, the black and white serves the film thematically in the play of light and shadows. Black and white also gives an unnerving sharpness and clarity to whatever is portrayed. It forces the viewer to focus on what is on the screen; there is no color to distract the viewer or to provide an escape from the intensity and impact of the material...