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'Truth': Blanchett is getting tiresome . . .

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Billy Wonka

I'm tired of her dominating the scene, hijacking the camera, and turning in trans-formative performances. Yep, tiresome she is. She just might sneek in a NOM for playing Mary Mapes. Mapes is a 60 Minutes producer who got a hot lead on Dubya's National Guard record and dived in, head over heels, to prove the Dub wasn't worthy of a second term. This film laid it all out, according to Redford and producer Marty Sheen, and showed the utter destruction their failure to test and verify source documents reeked on CBS and their careers.

Blanchett was her usual out-of-the-park while Redford looked ridiculous as Dan Rather. I thought the script was good and the story edited well. It was a typical Redford regurgitation of conservatives gone bad which kind of limits the audience around here.

I would suggest a nice DVD or cable airing on a cold, miserable night when you politics need stoking. There were no winners in this film, as in reality, so get out yer hankies.

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Its worth mentioning that this is Redford's second role as a journalist. - free.ranger 18:53:10 11/06/15 (1)
He did a film years back about Woodward and Bernstein (can't recall which he was, or the title) investigating the Watergate scandal. He has now portrayed both sides of the journalistic coin -- that which informs of truth, and that which doesn't.
- you mean "All the President's Men" as Bob Woodward - PhilJ 06:50:26 11/08/15 (0)
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Reeked, or - Dingojazz 14:31:51 11/03/15 (4)
wreaked?
Just checking...
K.

Edits: 11/03/15
- Mr Grammar Fascist, that would be wreaked. * - Billy Wonka 21:19:26 11/04/15 (3)
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  - Fascism for fascists.. - Dingojazz 11:35:44 11/07/15 (2)
    Grammar is just grammar.
    By all means continue mispelling if you wish.
    
    K.
    - I followed a creative writing path in school . . . . - Billy Wonka 13:46:45 11/08/15 (1)
      No time for grammar or punctuation. Just be Faulkner.
      - Last time I was in Oxford ... - free.ranger 16:58:15 11/08/15 (0)
        
        In Reply to: RE: I followed a creative writing path in school . . . . posted by Billy Wonka on November 08, 2015 at 13:46:45
        
        ... it was nearly a ghost town. What gives? I was looking for a bookstore and coffee. When I heard a roar I knew then what the deal was. It was a Saturday afternoon, and Ole Miss -- all of it -- was in the stadium playing football. Eli Manning was in process of whipping somebody.
I have the same reaction to Jodie Foster flicks. - free.ranger 07:12:54 11/03/15 (0)
Her characters are all Mimi.

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