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Although he chronicles Joplin's activities with admirable exhaustiveness, Berlin stops short of exploring the inner life of his subject. That is unfortunate, for despite Joplin's constant travels and his uncanny knack for turning up in the right place at the precise point in history when his music would have the most impact (in Tin Pan Alley, for example, in the early 20th century), his life was not particularly full of incident, and his intellectual development may have been as important as any documented event. Joplin had a fierce desire to show the whites in America that blacks were...
...seen it all before -- if not in movies, then on the local news. A boy still in grade school peddles cocaine for drug lords; he seems set for a short, brutal sentence in the prison of the inner city. But we have not seen that story Fresh, from the perspective of young Michael (Sean Nelson), who has a lively brain and a vengeful spirit to ensure his success on the streets. Nor have we seen the tale through the acute camera eye of writer-director Boaz Yakin...
Katzenberg still speaks of Eisner with affection and respect. "For 19 years," he says, "Michael has been my mentor, teacher, No. 1 champion, my boss and my friend. I just wanted him to take me as his partner, to bring me into his inner circle. I did not want his job. I was prepared to be his No. 2 guy. This was a teacher and a student, and now the student asked to be a teacher's assistant. It's been Eisner & Son, and that's how Michael wanted it to remain...
This week the Malecon belongs to the balseros. But the weather is not on their side. Juan, 20, stands knee-deep in the swelling surf. Despite cheers from the crowd above, he is finding it impossible to lash his inner tubes to the plywood he hopes will bear him away. The waves are too high; lightning flashes and a pelting rain begins. Does it matter whether he ends up in Miami or only Guantanamo? "Who cares?" he asks. "So long as it's out of here." He has no job, no money, no prospects, he says; he must escape...
...raft consisted simply of two massive truck inner tubes encased in a frame of iron and wood, all covered with Styrofoam. The young men, who range in age from 20 to 30, had planned this trip for weeks. To train for the adventure, each went out daily on an inner tube to fish, both at night and by day. The men did not give their names. One says he is sure they will make it to Florida. A few years ago, they would have spent a year in jail for "illegal departure" if they were picked up by Cuban patrol...