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Armstrong is approached by the imprisoned man's grandmother (in "True Believer," it was the mother), played by the great Ruby Dee. She begs him to come to South Florida to look into the case of her son, Bobby Earl (Blair Underwood), convicted in 1986 of the rape and murder of eleven year-old Jodie Shriver. He has been living on death row for eight years. Armstrong ultimately takes the case at the behest of his wife, played by Kate Capshaw. And here, the movie begins to make...
...police didn't have and didn't need any physical evidence to convict Bobby Earl, because they had his taped confession. Never mind that Bobby confessed only after twenty-two hours of beatings with hands, feet and phonebooks. Never mind that, when the beatings didn't work, the police chief played a game of Russian roulette with his gun in the suspect's mouth...
...each play reflecting on aspects of the black experience in America. Though his previous efforts have enjoyed great critical success and have won two Pulitzer Prizes, only Fences (1987) achieved a run of any length on Broadway, and that was probably owing to the presence of a star, James Earl Jones. If Broadway is inhospitable to straight plays of all sorts, it is especially so to so-called black plays...
...lone bright spot was once again provided by Gerstung, who wrestled admirably in a 10-6 loss to Earl Walker, the nation's top-ranked wrestler at the 158-pound spot...
...loved Ellison in college, and if he stays healthy, he may turn out to be a more useful signing than Dominique. He has the skills to be a productive center. And you really can only go up from Acie Earl...