Word: poniewozik
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...narrative so much as a series of vignettes and Emmy-clip speeches--a jam session of 12-bar vamps. But each player makes his or her bit sing in a raucous, syncopated valentine to an oddball community, to black culture and to mother love itself. --By James Poniewozik...
...claim on him. He didn't merely want to transcend second-class status; he seemed to believe his talent placed him in a class above all. Blackness captures how tragically he was proved wrong--and how exhilaratingly, for moments in the ring, he proved himself right. --By James Poniewozik...
...keep your attention. When it sheds light on Sellers' craft as an actor, it is fascinating. But above all, this is the story of a man his first wife lambastes as a "bore of a little boy." Life and Death finally proves her right. --By James Poniewozik...
ESSAY: James Poniewozik on our steroid-enhanced hypocrisy...
...concepts like "death with dignity" just feel-good lies? Funny, probing and unsentimental, House may shock the systems of viewers used to sweetie M.D.s like ER's Dr. Carter. But as an honest look at techno-medicine and the prerogatives of genius, it's a tonic. --By James Poniewozik...