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...poets expressed their gratitude for the chance to read their work. "Pamela just felt it was time for another [reading]," said Vera Kroms, one of the poets in the workshop. "I was amazed at the amount of people. It really makes you feel loved...
Feliciano D. Vera '98 wears one of the more disturbing shirts I've seen. It reads, "I was kidnapped, robbed, and molested by Danny Ray Horning, and all I got was this lousy t-shirt" above a picture of the convict. "Danny Ray Horning," he explains, "was on the lam [on the run--if you knew this, disregard the translation] in '93 for two months in Arizona. It was the largest manhunt in Arizona history." In response to why he sports Horning's mug shot on his chest, he says, "I wear it to annoy people and attract random questions...
...potential. The film is based on Stephen King's novel about a middle aged Downeast Maine housekeeper (Kathy Bates) who is suspected of committing two murders. Dolores was investigated for killing her husband Joe (David Strathairn) twenty years ago, and is now under suspicion in the recent death of Vera Donovan (Judy Parfitt), her long-time employer. Detective John Mackey (Christopher Plummer), who investigated Joe's death but couldn't pin it on her, returns to investigate the death of Vera. He is determined to nail Dolores for it. The film departs from the book when Dolores' daughter Selena (Jennifer...
Dolores' scenes with Joe and Vera are the best of the movie, not only because Bates does them so well, but also because the other characters are so well developed by the actors. Judy Parfitt is chilling as the fascistic, over-powering Nancy Reaganesque hostess; and David Strathairn portrays Joe with psychotic evil. Bates won the Oscar for her amazing performance as a crazed literary fan in "Misery;" in "Dolores Claiborne" she continues to prove that she is the perfect King actress...
...plot revolves around the complex relations surrounding Dolores, Selena and the death of Joe. Through a series of vibrantly photographed and seamlessly edited flashbacks, we watch a thirtyish Dolores deal with Joe's abuse and alcoholism, her new job as Vera's housekeeper and the erratic behavior of teen-aged Selena (over-acted by the newcomer Ellen Muth). Meanwhile, in the present, the pill-popping Selena tries to negotiate some sort of relationship with her mother while protecting her from the nasty detective. As the movie progress, we learn the vaguely shocking and not terribly original truth about the deaths...