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The 'In Character' Blog:
Your Turn: Mame Dennis
Aug-01-2008
...Whistler My mother deemed one movie important enough for repeated family viewing: Auntie Mame, based on the novel by Patrick Dennis and starring the unforgettable Rosalind Russell....
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The 'In Character' Blog:
On Air: Norman Bates
Jul-01-2008
...He came up with the notion that no one should be allowed into the theater once the movie had started. Incredibly, he got theater owners to go along with that stunt. Also, in the lobbies...
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The 'In Character' Blog:
Your Turn: Matilda Wormwood
Apr-22-2008
...Your Turn: Matilda Wormwood. From the novel Matilda, by Roald Dahland movie of same nameNominated by Sydney Meader Dahl's Dauntless Matilda Puffin Books Matilda Wormwood didn't have...
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The 'In Character' Blog:
On Air: Indiana Jones
Apr-17-2008
...Indiana Jones walks a fine line between what's an archaeologist and what's a professional looter," says archaeologist Winifred Creamer. And Christopher Joyce finds that in the movies,...
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The 'In Character' Blog:
From a Stereotype, a Certain Seize-the-Day Bravura
Mar-28-2008
...Pollack, whose first movie role was as Long Duk Dong's "sexy girlfriend!" She goes on to say some poignant stuff: Like Gedde, I will forever be trying to break from a very strong and...
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The 'In Character' Blog:
On Air: Long Duk Dong
Mar-24-2008
...much famous as infamous: Long Duk Dong, the wacky exchange student in Sixteen Candles, the debut film from high-school-movie hero John Hughes. Ali talks to Gedde Watanabe, the actor...
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The 'In Character' Blog:
On Air: Hester Prynne
Mar-02-2008
...clips (from two, count 'em two, movies separated by 60 years), plus half a dozen readings from Nathaniel Hawthorne's novel. A note for audiobook connoisseurs: If you think you recognize...
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The 'In Character' Blog:
Back on the 'In Character' Job
Feb-27-2008
...been quiet at NPR. I've been a little busy with Oscars ('cause, among other things, I handle most of the movies pages you see on NPR.org). But we're all done with that, and I've even...
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The 'In Character' Blog:
Your Turn: Hank Stamper
Feb-26-2008
...Your Turn: Hank Stamper. From Sometimes A Great Notion. Book by Ken Kesey, movie directed by Paul NewmanNominated by Wayne Thompson A woman I once knew said that this novel saved her...
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The 'In Character' Blog:
Your Turn: Marge Gunderson
Feb-19-2008
...fit the mold of movie character cops. She's neither urban nor urbane. She's not hard-boiled or emotionally broken. She.... From Fargo, directed by the Coen BrothersNominated by Laura...
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The 'In Character' Blog:
On Air: Gordon Gekko
Feb-17-2008
...biz reporter Jim Zarroli digs into one of the movies' most famous claims: "Greed is good.".... » Hear the 'Weekend Edition Sunday' radio commentary Truth to power: Boondocks...
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The 'In Character' Blog:
On Air: The Little Tramp
Feb-11-2008
...me of them, actually. My professor had a sort of dictatorial way of talking about movies ... expected us to accept his judgment of them. As a budding critic, I was disinclined to accept...
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The 'In Character' Blog:
On Air: 'The Sheik'
Feb-04-2008
...Valentino (an Italian actor, no less) in the Hollywood movie of the same.... » Hear the 'Morning Edition' radio commentary This morning, NPR's Neda Ulaby takes a close look at...
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The 'In Character' Blog:
Coming to Grips with Scarlett Fever
Jan-28-2008
...life of Southern gentry. But her black people are largely two-dimensional. It was the great Hattie McDaniel, in the movie, who finally brought Mammy to life. If you're curious about...
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The 'In Character' Blog:
Your Turn: Shane
Jan-28-2008
...Your Turn: Shane. From Shane by Jack Shaefer, movie directed by George StevensNominated by James Deutsch Shane appears in the West from the mountains of the gods. He has no family, no...
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The 'In Character' Blog:
Your Turn: Mame Dennis
Jan-23-2008
...My mother deemed one movie important enough for repeated family viewing: Auntie Mame, based on the novel by Patrick Dennis and starring the unforgettable Rosalind Russell. Mame Dennis...
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The 'In Character' Blog:
Your Turn: Tony Montana
Jan-15-2008
...hungry and doesn't care what anyone else thinks. Never backing down, Montana rose to the top in the drug distributing business. In an epic moment in movie history, Montana is shot multiple...
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The 'In Character' Blog:
Your Turn: Rocky Balboa
Jan-15-2008
...Drago, Russia's premier fighter. The movie leads up to the fight as the much bigger and stronger Russian picks a fight with the American underdog. However, as the fight draws nearer,...
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The 'In Character' Blog:
Your Turn: Scarlett O'Hara
Jan-14-2008
...Your Turn: Scarlett O'Hara. From Gone With The Wind. Book by Margaret Mitchell movie directed by Victor FlemingNominated by Sabrina Stevens If ever there was a character who has made...
