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...pleasantconversations with several docile young actors, he regained his composure.Jay D. Musen ’09RR: Tell me about your character in“12 Angry Men.”JM: Juror #8 is the character thatHenry Fonda portrayed in the movie.He’s sort of the protagonist. At the beginningof the play, everyone is convincedthat the boy is guilty except for Juror#8, who thinks there might be room forreasonable doubt. It’s actually unclearwhat Juror #8’s feelings really are becausewhen he’s asked why he?...
...debate about Dexter [Feb. 25]. Broadcasters use the public airwaves for free, and they must do so to serve the public interest. The requirement is not just an intriguing concept; it is the law. When broadcasters air an intensely violent premium-cable program like Dexter, in which the protagonist is a sociopathic serial killer, the public interest is not served; it is assaulted. Tim Winter, President, Parents Television Council, LOS ANGELES...
...making it difficult to separate one character from another. An unidentified narrator opens the book with a disembodied portrait of Jerome Coolberg, a mysterious genius who pervades every page of Baxter’s work without ever becoming familiar. Early on, Nathanial Mason, the uninspired and confused protagonist, encounters fellow graduate student Theresa on a park bench, where they share an awkward interlude with a homeless man before meeting the infamous Coolberg at a party. Nathanial immediately senses an uncommon and uncomfortable connection with Coolberg, who seems to know facts about Nathanial’s life that Nathanial himself...
...permeate all three. It takes what could be an original, stimulating premise and bogs it down with sappy banalities, becoming a mediocre version of every other self-aware teenage movie ever made. In one of the final ostensibly touching—but really just ridiculous—scenes, our protagonist tearfully tells Principal Gardner, “I’m just a kid; I’m just a stupid kid.” For once, Charlie Bartlett, your psychoanalysis rings true...
...especially teen pregnancy, can be very funny: “Saved!” and Lifetime’s TV movie, “Too Young to Be a Dad,” are just two great examples. If anyone’s being preachy, it’s protagonist Juno herself or her pro-life classmate, Su-Chin, who accosts her outside the abortion clinic in the movie.I got closer to figuring out my problem with the film when I considered the supporting cast. Headlined by Jennifer Garner and “Arrested Development” favorites Jason Bateman...