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...zone journalists—licensed idiots, as one reporter describes himself and colleagues—to risk their lives for the sake of a few pictures. Mavroleon was one of two journalists featured who were killed in action after the film’s completion, but its main protagonist is Dan Eldon, who was stoned to death by a violent Somali mob in 1992. He was 22. The portrait is wrenchingly intimate—the film’s host is Eldon’s sister, Amy Eldon, and its producer is his mother, Kathy Eldon, who is also...
...seems the show’s protagonist is absent, that is not accidental, for that is much as it felt in the theater. The one performance that fell flat was the central one. It was not that Christopher Chew’s George lacked thought; portraying George as a sort of savant, an artistic genius with the emotional maturity of a pubescent boy, is an interesting concept—it just doesn’t work, though. Ignoring the fact that a hero who is broadly sketched and less than intelligent is less than engaging, a shlumpy George also doesn?...
There is a point in Wayne’s World where the Stonerburbian protagonist asks his girlfriend if she’ll love him when he’s famous. When she replies with “yes,” he seeks to qualify her answer by asking if she’ll still love him when he’s really famous. When she replies with “yes” again, Wayne asks, “Will you still love me when I’m bloated, purple, dead on a toilet seat while young girls...
...glowing starred reviews. Kirkus raved, "Admirably detailed, stunningly successful, and likely to become the definitive biography of the Kennedy marriage, with all the intimacy and international scope implied." PW concurs. "Leaming explores Jackie?s complex and often painful inner life with subtlety and compassion. Unabashedly sympathetic toward her protagonist, Leaming provides a fascinating glimpse into one of the 20th century?s most famous marriages, and her assertion that Jackie Kennedy deserves more credit than she?s typically gotten for her husband?s successes is persuasive. FORECAST: Leaming?s bio of Katharine Hepburn was a bestseller, and one can predict generous...
...what constitutes normal? In the past, Hollywood has dealt with devastation in different ways. Screwball comedies and lavish MGM musicals entertained destitute Depression-era audiences, and World War II brought a slew of patriotic and nationalistic films. Diversion was the key. As socially minded protagonist John Sullivan (Joel McCrea) realizes in Preston Sturges’ classic satire Sullivan’s Travels (1941), there wasn’t any shame in choosing to direct a silly film (Ants In Your Pants—the sequel) as opposed to a more somber choice (O Brother, Where Art Thou?...