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Many of Lippmann's friends and followers totally abandoned faith in his judgement as he muted any strong criticism of Nazism in his columns. Here, Steel treats Lippmann's irresolution along with his entire life of repressed Judaism with tactful compassion, but he does not come down hard enough on...
But he didn't meet up with Olive until late May, more than four months after Olive left HDNS. Then, Epps' compassion for Olive--who, the dean learned, was a "drug user"--blinded him to his duties as HDNS's overseer; he took pains not to upset the former manager...
This statement is revealing not only as a testament to Epps' continuous reaction to the situation as dean of students, but also to his basic lack of knowledge about HDNS's affairs during Olive's tenure as manager. Epps says he decided to use College money in mid-April because...
THE ELEPHANT MAN is a monster movie. It combines drawing-room genteelness and austerity with the elements of the classic 1930's horror films: the shadowy black-and-white photography; the slow fade-outs and dissolves; the eerie music; the mad scientist; the sensitive, hideous monster, misunderstood and abused by...
YET, ANTHONY HOPKINS' superb performance as Treves carries the film. The epitome of Victorian respectability, Treves is a relentlessly serious man--he smiles no more than twice in the course of the film. Treves desperately clings to an ideal of social conscientiousness and obligation in the midst of the dehumanizing...