Word: villainized
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...weapons industry takes over by supplying arms to both sides of the dividing line. This is a major reason for prolonged conflicts, and in this regard the action of the U.S. government to prevent weapons from reaching the l.t.t.e. is commendable. Jayantha Guruge, DAVIS, CALIFORNIA, U.S. Verbal Villain or Victim of Censorship? If the outrage over radio-show host Don Imus' racist and sexist slur is to hold any meaning, it will be in its power to help us reflect upon the freedoms, values and conflicts that compose our collective psyche [April 23]. Sadly, our society too often rewards those...
...ACTING TEACHER TOLD ME, 'PLAY YOUR villain like a priest and your priest like a villain,'" says Olyphant. "That's good advice...
...FANTASY FILM, THE VILLAIN OFTEN NEEDS TO look very ugly or old or outré. That depends on the skill of the makeup-effects artist--and the patience of the actor. "Putting on the makeup and the fangs took four hours," says Grace about his Spider-Man 3 rig. "Then another 45 minutes to put on the suit--and you can't go the bathroom in it, which is a problem they still haven't solved after three of these films...
THEY MAY MAKE THE WRONG KINDS OF headlines now and again, but actors are mostly like the rest of ordinary us--except that they can pretend to be extraordinary, in ways nice or naughty. "Movies are the only chance you get to be a villain," Dinklage says. "You don't want to walk down the street and be a villain. But on film you can get away with...
Playing a misfit pianist in Shine may have won him an Oscar, but look at the prize Rush won for playing a villain...