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...career of this sort of daring, investigative reporting. In his 40 years as a journalist, he has worked undercover at a tabloid newspaper, industrial plants and fast-food chains to expose the conditions the employees faced. In the 1980s, he posed for two years as a Turkish "guest worker" and wrote a best-selling book revealing shocking examples of discrimination and exploitation. But Wallraff's latest project may be his most controversial yet. His attempt to address racism in Germany by donning blackface makeup has drawn strong criticism from black Germans, some of whom see his movie as patronizing...
...journalistic influences come from America rather than Germany, where my type of journalism has little tradition," Wallraff tells TIME. Still, Wallraff's work has gained him notoriety in Germany, along with financial success. His book about the two years he spent posing as Turkish guest worker Ali Levent Sinirlioglu, The Lowest of the Low, sold more than 5 million copies and forced Germany to have a national discussion about its long-neglected Turkish minority. The dialogue led to a strengthening of the rights of temporary workers in the country and gave Germans of Turkish descent their first real foothold...
...author. Several news organizations got hold of the 413-page book - which landed Palin a reported $5 million advance - ahead of its release date; their assessments are decidedly mixed. Melanie Kirkpatrick, a former deputy editor of the Wall Street Journal's editorial page, says the book reveals "a prodigious worker capable of mastering complicated issues," while Michiko Kakutani, writing in the New York Times, sees "an eager player in the blame game, ungrateful to the McCain campaign." Two common observations: Palin reserves her most aggressive attacks for McCain's campaign staff, rather than President Obama and the Democrats...
Melanie Kirkpatrick, Wall Street Journal: "As a politician, she comes across as a prodigious worker capable of mastering complicated issues - not least the energy policies that matter so much to Alaska's economy - and of building bridges to Democrats...
...that's only the second or third chapter in a story whose brutal revelations come at regular intervals. A riveting scene near the end of the movie - with Mary, Precious and a social worker played by a makeup-free Mariah Carey (who should work for Daniels every chance she gets) - is as powerful as anything on film this year. (Look for other stealth casting, including Lenny Kravitz and Sherri Shepherd.) Because Oprah Winfrey and Tyler Perry are executive producers, you might expect the sort of classic inspirational arc they both favor. But Winfrey and Perry aren't the creative forces...