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Some of these shows have enhanced the public's understanding of issues and its appreciation for the specific accomplishments of public figures. Others, however, have blatantly treated speculation as fact, or even knowingly distorted the truth to advance a cause or enhance a dramatic scene. ABC's The Trial of...
For this reason, the film has a fast paced punch that the book lacked. Winston runs--not slogs--from low-level Party member to fledgling revolutionary to haggard forture victim. The scenery, too, especially the crowd shots of Hate Week and mass gatherings at the execution of war criminals, helps...
Pietrasinski demanded that the ex-captain be put to death by hanging. It was the first time that any Communist state had publicly called for the execution of one of its secret policemen for a crime committed ostensibly in the line of duty. The courtroom was still. Piotrowski raised his...
Whitemore's use of soliloquies in a realistic framework brings his competence as a playwright into serious question. The tone and execution of the play strive for realism, but Whitemore undercuts it with the formal monologue--one of the most contrived devices in the dramatist's handbook. Simple reminiscences intended...
The Supreme Court's vacillation can be seen in the various votes of Justice Harry Blackmun. In 1983 he cast the swing vote, agreeing with the majority to stay Stephens' execution. Then he reversed himself three weeks ago, voting with the new majority to lift the stay. Then...