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...military puts them under suspicion. Paranoid governments may feel compelled to kill strange dolphins that suddenly appear in the vicinity of military installations. Says Leatherwood: "Using dolphins raises the question about whether we have the right to involve wild animals of intelligence and perhaps conscience in our most vile and reprehensible activity, warfare...
Aside from feeling superior to a number of vile and foolish characters, what is to be gained from reading an overheated version of this "true crime"? Not much. In fact, a few things are lost. For example, the real names of some people who were central to the case. Even though these names are matters of public record and appeared often in newspapers, McGinniss changes them to, as he says, "preserve privacy." A more probable reason for fictitious identifications is to prevent libel suits. Because the impact of true crime depends on melodrama, the scenes and dialogue are liberally...
...vile, incurable sores on innocent tongues...
...combat lethal roads, official harassment and wandering bandits, drivers adopt aggressive attitudes, complete with tattoos, earrings and vile vocabularies. They cannot quite disguise the soft hearts beneath their flamboyant T shirts. When an East German family gets stranded on the road in Yugoslavia, it is hauled back home gratis. As the journey concludes, a trucker wistfully remarks, "I was born in the wrong century. I should have sailed with Sir Francis Drake." Perhaps he should have, with Hutchison along to take notes. The world would then know a lot more today about what went on in the 1500s...
Hedda seems to be convinced that everything she touches turns ridiculous and vile. Actually, the show suffers when Cate is out of reach. With few exceptions, the rest of the cast seems to dote on the wild fancies of the beautiful Hedda. They come to life with her fiery entrances and languish miserably in her absence...