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...assembling such a wonderful cast of grim supporting characters, Soderbergh allows Bradford to shine even more. Spalding Gray as a suicidal ex-millionaire and Elizabeth McGovern as a bitter and jaded prostitute darken the tone and mood of every scene they are in, giving the second half of the film an eerily acerbic edge. Also featured is the underrated Karen Allen as Aaron's (almost overly) benevolent teacher...
Those sorts of literal endorsements tend to make us cringe nowadays, whether at the primitivism, or the low state to which some public person has been reduced (George McGovern for Pritikin Longevity Centers), or the intimacy of real-life typecasting (manic-depressive Patty Duke touting a chain of for- profit psychiatric hospitals). Because consumers are too skeptical to put much stock in guarantees delivered by hired celebrities, and because major stars find it demeaning to recommend any product explicitly, mainstream celebritocentric advertising has become a subtle, weirdly stylized genre. Michael Jackson and Madonna don't do much more than appear...
...Hampshire State Senator Susan McLane and former Massachusetts State Senator Patricia McGovern agreed that women need encouragement from organizations like the Women's Campaign Fund if they are to continue to make strides in the public sector...
Those mentioned as possible Democratic candidates include Boston University president John R. Silber, Boston Mayor Raymond L. Flynn, state Attorney General Scott Harshbarger and former state Senator Patricia McGovern...
Sommaripa suggested that McGovern, who polled 34 percent support to Weld's 45, "would be very good. [She has] a different view and is a different kind of liberal than Dukakis...