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...nominated titles, it was the Lyin' King vs. the Plainfield Redemption. To a man, the journalists decided that if Tyson's limousine turned left out of the prison, he was headed for the mosque in Plainfield. If it turned right, he was on his way to the airport, a Lear jet and King's clutches...
...NEWS TO HEAR THAT songwriter Elton John will follow the success of The Lion King [Pop Music, March 13] by writing music for a new version of Aida. Maybe now we'll see updates of Carmen, Don Giovanni and Lohengrin, or even new rap versions of Hamlet and King Lear! John E. Brow Chicago Richard Corliss's frank portrayal of John's bad times' being eclipsed by his new, improved, better times was, I hope, the start of the media's casting a more respectful eye toward this funny, brave, phenomenal performer. Leslie Ludwig Cheshire, Connecticut
...comedies, women are speaking," Gilligan said. "In the tragedies, they go mad (Hamlet), they're strangled (Othello), they unsex themselves (Macbeth) or they say nothing (King Lear...
...heart King George is an intimate family drama. It can be seen as satirical parable-"The film is really as much about the royal family today as it is about the 18th century," says Bennett-or as domestic tragedy, a kind of Mr. and Mrs. King Lear. Father is slipping away; what are Mother (Mirren) and the children...
Donnelly also gives an impressive performance as Jimmy Jack, the Fool counterpart to Dennehy's Lear. Campbell is affecting as the spurned Manus, especially in his heartbreak at finding Maire with George...