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'Listen to Me Marlon' directed by Stevan Riley
The genius of Marlon Brando
In the new documentary Listen to Me Marlon, if we didn’t know it already, we are convinced of the genius of Marlon Brando and the significance of his artistic contribution.
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‘Mockingbird’ meets ‘Call It Sleep’
Who silenced Harper Lee?
Why would a successful writer like Harper Lee forsake her chosen craft for more than 50 years? Consider a very similar case — Henry Roth, author of the classic Call It Sleep.
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Inside Out: Works owned by the Philadelphia Museum of Art
Creating a pilgrimage of reproductions
The Philadelphia Museum of Art is placing some of the treasures of its holdings "Inside Out." Does the program affirm that art, in all its manifestations, has been and will always be defined by an association to valued audiences and economic power controlled through placement?
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Harper Lee’s sister: Protector or warden?
Found: The real villain of the Mockingbird mystery
Why the sudden publication of Go Set a Watchman by Harper Lee, an aged recluse who had long insisted she would never write another book? No doubt the key event was the death last year of Harper Lee’s older sister Alice. But my perspective as a family therapist suggests that Alice wasn't Harper's protector, but her oppressor.
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Second season of 'True Detective' (second review)
Fortune cookie dialogue and a plot out of 1985
Season one of True Detective was flawed but extremely enjoyable. I watched season two hoping week by week that it would get better. It didn’t.
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The failure of 'True Detective'’s second season
The show we deserve?
The tagline for the second season of True Detective was “We get the world we deserve.” I’m not sure what I did to deserve this mess of a season, but whatever it was, I’m sorry.
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USA Network’s ‘Mr. Robot’
Fight Club meets Macbeth
Don’t let the somewhat silly title fool you. Mr. Robot is one of the most intense and thrilling viewing experiences of the summer.
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'Glory Denied' by Vulcan Lyric
Another victim of Vietnam
At last! Here’s a contemporary opera that has a gripping story, melodic music, intriguing dialogue, and superior singing and acting. This is the best production of the Vulcan summer festival and the most satisfying new opera I’ve seen in 2015.
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Jon Stewart: An appreciation
Jon Stewart ate my homework
With a rich history of 20th-century political comedians speaking truth to power, Jon Stewart firmly held a standard of intelligence and hilarity that few have equaled.
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Jennifer Aniston in 'Cake'
Not just a pretty face
When Cake came out, people lauded star Jennifer Aniston — for not wearing makeup. That’s a daring choice? Would the same amazement and attention have been given to a man who made the same decision? And would I even have noticed she wasn’t wearing any if I hadn’t been told?
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