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...deep love for the South African land and people, and ultimately with great hope. And the harsh bite of Swanson's all too evident distaste for apartheid is countered by a poignant vision of what could be. In one highly moving passage, Swanson recounts his visit with Nokukanya Luthuli, widow of Nobel Peace Prize recipient Chief Luthuli, who was banned for speaking out against apartheid. Luthuli, together with the other 25,000 Black residents of the region, had just staved off a government attempt to force them into a bantustan. Swanson found the 76-year-old woman outside, working...
...Those five days were the happiest of my life," his widow said. "For a short time, the apartheid disappeared. People would see you on the street there and they20A Zimbabwean guerilla officer...
...invasions, court intrigue, a setting luxurious enough for Lifestyles of the Rich and Famous, and an unrivaled richness of language. Ask anyone gazing into Larry "J.R." Hagman's eyes some Friday night: could anyone beat the tale of Claudius (Christopher Keyser) who murders his brother King Hamlet, marries his widow Gertrude (Thea Henry), revels in his incest-purchased court luxury, and dies at the hands of his ungrateful stepson, Prince Hamlet (Andrew Sullivan). Of the plot, I'll say no more--the midwestern English profs who pen Monarch Notes probably have children to support...
There were no real surprises. One of the women from the year's three farm movies (Country, The River and Places in the Heart) was almost certain to be named Best Actress. And one of them was: Sally Field, for her role as the struggling widow in Places in the Heart. Best Supporting Actress went to the almost inevitable choice, Peggy Ashcroft, a wonderful English stage star who has infrequently been seen on film, for her performance as Mrs. Moore in A Passage to India. The night's few authentic moments included Dr. Haing S. Ngor, who survived torture...
...artist had been, by any standards, a miserable mother. She had borne an illegitimate son in Paris and then, under parental pressure, abandoned him to the care of relatives back home in Philadelphia. This unhappy child had grown into a drunk and failure who died at age 28. His widow became the artist's closest friend and companion; she survives as the head priestess of Caroline's cult. Jane Watson ultimately confesses to Anne that she married the son "I didn't love so I could have his mother for my mother." She adds: "Between...