Word: treatments
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...stated goal of shedding light on the too-long-neglected world of early Hollywood gay life and culture. But it's the other threads running through Haines' life which give the book its impact: Haines' changing friendships, his passionate love for his interior design business, his catty treatment by the scandal press and his devotion to Jimmie. Through that intimate, personal story, Mann is able to successfully bring home the impact of what started out as his book's central narrative: the sociopolitical story of the "institutionalization of the Hollywood closet....the story of how an industry changed...
...star of the show manages to be quite convincing as the two brothers. Louis is appropriately annoying, if perhaps a bit childish even for a bratty young King. But Phillipe is his utter opposite, sweetly grateful for the fatherly treatment that he gets from Athos and so kindly that everybody is immediately suspicious when he replaces the real king. A small moment serves to differentiate the two brothers, and it is a moment of surprising subtlety in a movie not notable for such instances. The ersatz King, at the masked ball, sees a lady stumble. Kneeling from the platform where...
...Silent Treatment...
...pressure on Germany to soften its stance toward the Church of Scientology, of which the actor is an outspoken adherent, and that in return Travolta portrayed Stanton more sympathetically. That rumor gets a sneer from Klein ("I don't think Clinton would change policy toward Germany to get better treatment from John Travolta"), but the actor has warm memories of the chat, in which he says Clinton spoke of an old roommate who had been a Scientologist. Travolta insists his performance wasn't swayed by the President but declares he played the role "with a valentine in my heart...
...suggestion that Diana could have been saved if she had been transported more quickly to a hospital completely ignores the French system of medical rescue, which relies on fully equipped ambulances manned by a medical team under the supervision of a physician. The technique of on-site treatment often saves the injured. Many victims cannot be moved immediately without endangering their lives. It is easy to say afterward that Diana should have been sent to the hospital right away. But when a team arrives on the scene, it is impossible in most cases to tell immediately which is the best...