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Dates: during 1990-1999
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Adapted from Mark Childress' 1993 critically-acclaimed novel of the same name, Crazy in Alabama is at times brilliantly poignant in its portrayal of the fight for civil rights and at other times utterly inane when it comes to any scene that involves its main character, Lucille (Melanie Griffith). Its paradoxical blend of intense drama and absurd comedy accomplishes the daunting task of uniting two seemingly disparate storylines by a common cause: the fight for freedom, whether from an entire society or a controlling spouse. Crazy in Alabama juxtaposes the fallout of two murders in a small Alabama town...

Author: By Jennifer Liao, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: Banderas Directs a Period Piece? That's Crazy | 10/22/1999 | See Source »

...directorial debut of Antonio Banderas, whose roles in recent films like Desperado and Mask of Zorro have not exactly demonstrated oodles of sensitivity. While Crazy in Alabama has its redeeming qualities and moments of comic relief (provided by a temperamental court judge and a talking head), its non sequitur scene sequence leaves one feeling a bit unsettled, but certain of one thing: tupperware sure keeps its contents fresh...

Author: By Jennifer Liao, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: Banderas Directs a Period Piece? That's Crazy | 10/22/1999 | See Source »

...have a bunch of CDs I'm gonna let you borrow. I'm going to say this again--I can't stress it enough--it's more about the music than the clothes. I was in the scene for a year before I started buying patches...

Author: By Micaela K. Root and Anna M. Schneider-mayerson, S | Title: Fifteen Minutes: CRLS.: The Kids Next Door | 10/21/1999 | See Source »

...Harvard Square is getting a little claustrophobic and the John Harvard's/Brew Moon scene just doesn't do it for you, Boston's best brewpubs are only a T-ride away...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Sudsy Sallies | 10/21/1999 | See Source »

Wading through the sea of clothes--there's no walkway through the mounds, Emily A. M. Funk surveys the scene...

Author: By Carol J. Garvan, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: The Garment District: Heaven in a Pile of Clothes at Cambridge's Vintage Mart | 10/20/1999 | See Source »

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