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THE BOTTOM LINE: This well-reported, entertaining read shows, despite the title, why Fidel remains in power.
Morrissey used to possess the singular ability to make his obsessive self-pity entertaining. He moaned so pathetically and bemoaned his loveless fate with such vicious, sarcastic glee, that even the most navel-gazing songs retained a sense of humor. Since his split with the inspired Smiths guitarist Johnny Marr...
The music on "Your Arsenal" suffer from the same flatness. "Certain People I know" makes a limp attempt at a country western sound, proving that this child of England's industrial wasteland is simply not cut out to headline at the Grand Ol' Opry. Most of the other tracks are...
Radzinsky was skeptical. "It was all too entertaining," he says. "As a rule, the truth is very boring." But after learning about a labor camp prisoner called Filipp Semyonov who had shared some characteristics with Alexei, Radzinsky began to consider the possibility. On the evidence offered, though, he is a...
Natalie Rose, as Pris, is convincingly pathetic as a would-be writer, hysterically entertaining in her weakness. As Hank Knox, Henry delivers perhaps the most consistent performance. The role calls primarily for a straight face; Hank's most salient feature is his inability to relate to the other characters. His...