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...subtle as Steven Soderberg's grandstanding movie gets. As the real-life paralegal who uncovered a public-health scandal and helped win the largest civil judgment ever, Roberts gets to tell off lawyers, clerks, her decent boss (Albert Finney) and her faultless boyfriend (Aaron Eckhart) from the righteous perch of her 3-in. heels. And the bras that peek above her sweaters--they're more colorful than a Disney cartoon production number. They also provide the movie's only true uplift...
...There was a "personality test," in which 10 semifinalists answered questions along the lines of how they'd spend his money and, by the way, would they mind if he went to strip clubs? There was Rockwell--picked from some 100 well-endowed lonelyhearts--watching from a high-tech perch (he should have been stroking a hairless cat), his face hidden until...
...Spring refrain 11. Treat again, as leather 12. Sandler of Big Daddy 14. Gore was mistaken for Prince Charles on his show 16. Soccer standout Hamm 19. __ Lee Masters 20. U.N.-recognized group since 1974 21. Jockey's handful 23. Loop trains 24. __ Lanka 26. Yodeler's perch 27. 30-Across's "__ right-wing conspiracy" 28. "Early __ ads" (soft-money purchases) 29. Go hungry 30. Ex-candidate Forbes campaign manager Bill Dal __ 31. Made "it" 32. High-tech firm Lucent has agreed to buy 33. Execute perfectly 35. Candidate who dove into a mosh pit 38. Ancient Iranian 41. Bush...
...than a whore (through graphic directorial choices leading to a violent, on-stage rape scene that must have Strindberg rolling in his grave) does he forcibly climb above her. And, similarly, only through this unbearable shame does Miss Julie ironically fulfill her wish to travel down from her precarious perch in the pure and untouchable upper crust. Only Kristine truly understands the hypocrisy inherent in Julie and Jean's desires, yet she can do and say nothing. Nitter deftly underplays Kristine, suggesting that beneath Kristine's humble demeanor burns the rage and frustration of a woman trapped within a servile...
...decision to hold back was made by Bradley, who felt that responding too harshly in debates would alienate his supporters. In part, he was in a box. He'd set himself up as a better sort of politician, and the few times he slipped from his perch--clumsily attacking Gore for a 15-year-old pro-tobacco vote or claiming that Gore introduced Willie Horton to the world during the 1988 Democratic primaries--Bradley was roundly criticized. (That he chose to attack Gore on two of his Administration's strongest issues--tobacco and race--was just another sign of Bradley...