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Although the undead prince is undoubtedly the villian of this novel, our response to Dracula is ambiguous. We revile his inveterately cruel deeds, but might we also sympathize with his commitment to History? This is the mark of literary complexity, and it belies our historian’s tendency of essentializing historicism...
...acting first honors go to Mr. Gilbert in the role of the crook. It was not an easy part to handle, and he did it well. Mr. Kent and Mr. Bosworth, as the priest and the young lover, were very satisfactory. The part of the villian handicapped Mr. Charlton Miss Miller outshone the others as the emotional Betty Eustis, and entered freely into her character. The play is not the best thing that the St. James has shown, but it is far from being the worst
...Currier House Master William Graham is no villian. He is merely implementing what is in the best interests of the residents of his house which, after...
Besides the poorly thought-out conceptualframework, the movie does contain some borderlineoffensive aspects in regards to Snipes' character.The film has an older Black police office,presumably to balance Snipes' role as the villian,but this character soon disappears and there isnothing left to prevent the story fromdegenerating into "Crazy Black man is hunted downby reasonable white folks." This impression is nothelped by Phoenix's strange references to biscuitsand gravy or the pseudo-hip hop scratching noiseswhich appear on the soundtrack whenever he kicksor punches someone...
...partly the fault of our parents' deficiencies, society's ills, and television's images. Far be it for America to judge anyone on moral grounds for what they have done, for we didn't grow up in their circumstances. Anyone can be absolved as long as someone makes the villian out to be a member of a dysfunctional family or an unfair society...