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...rapacious foreigners, mostly Americans. In 1994's The New Legend of Shaolin, he is a Han Chinese rebel fighting against Qing (or Manchu, and thus foreign) rule. In Hero (2002), Li is an assassin who, to his own detriment, abstains from an attempt on the life of the Qin King, who goes on to become the venerated Qin Shi Huangdi, the first Emperor of China and the ruler who would unify the nation, standardize the Chinese language and commence construction of the Great Wall. And on it goes. If you want to picture Li's résumé, imagine...
...talk funny. They're a threat to our spouses and our kids. The arguments against homosexuals, like those against blacks, meant to turn irrational suspicions into punitive legislation. To counter the know-nothing majority, members of the afflicted minority needed a righteous, urgent spokesman. Blacks had MLK - Martin Luther King Jr. Gays had MiLK - Harvey Milk...
...microphone." Black frames the film as a monologue delivered into a tape recorder by Harvey, who's as sure of his impending death as he is of his gay-liberation creed. In the '70s, paranoia was simply common sense; the preceding 10 years had seen the murders of King and Robert Kennedy and assassination attempts on Gerald Ford and George Wallace. The movie is faithful to that grungy time, but it downplays the riots that followed its hero's assassination; Black and Van Sant don't want Milk to leave a sour taste. They've made a picture that...
...granted 14 pardons--most of them to people convicted of crimes like tax evasion, drug offenses and fraud. The coming end of his term has led to speculation as to whether Bush will consider higher-profile petitions, including requests from disgraced former Olympian Marion Jones and "junk-bond king" Michael Milken...
...military's reluctance to let tanks roll on the streets presumably derives from the fact that its last political interference didn't pan out. True, Thaksin - a nemesis of the army in part because his showy, autocratic style was perceived as threatening the influence of Thailand's beloved King - was removed from office. But post-coup elections last year brought to power a party dominated by acolytes of the ousted Premier. In essence, Thailand in late 2008 is back to where it was two years ago: divided and rudderless...