Word: moralizing
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Dates: during 2000-2000
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...tale of redemption, it is no better than so-so; the revelation that George Bailey's world was better off with him in it has none of the social message or the moral urgency of Scrooge's ghost-bed conversion. The angel-wing stuff is silly. James Stewart, Donna Reed, Thomas Mitchell and company are all terrific in their parts, but that would not explain the near mythic stature of the thing, or why, Christmas after Christmas, one reluctantly finds oneself tearing up without knowing what the weeping is about...
Terry is a more standard-issue hero--strong, smart and caring--but Crowe gives him the burden of a wise realist. His hard-earned awareness of the world's wicked ways presses down on his sturdy shoulders and at the corners of his sensitive lips. Crowe displayed this moral weight in The Insider and Gladiator; it makes him the thinking man's grunt, and it grounds his can-this-be-love scene with Ryan. "Just tell me you know how much you mean to me," she says dewily. His reply shows a tough man's brusque vulnerability: "Then...
...solutions to an extraordinary social-policy issue, you sensationalized the subject. Many children continue to suffer abuse in their own and foster homes, often because people who are aware of this mistreatment do not report it to appropriate government authorities. Why not remind all of us of our moral and legal obligations and the ways and means to fulfill them? Without intervention, abuse and neglect of a child often escalate over time. There is also a need for more foster and adoptive homes to accommodate the number of children unable to be cared for in their own homes. Opening...
...focus of the production. Creon, the tyrant of Thebes who forbids the burial of Antigone's brother and then punishes her for doing so, is played by John Douglas Thompson. He portrays a young vigorous leader eager to consolidate his position and prove his ability, naive to the moral compromises leadership may require. Thompson has an honest and energetic face that draws the audience to sympathize with Creon. According to Thompson's portrayal, Creon bends to the will of the gods-who support Antigone-only when forced...
...thought of stooping to that level has been offensive enough that I've refused to consider it up until now, but I've come to the conclusion that the only way to avoid getting screwed out of my place is to sacrifice my moral [principles]," she wrote in the appeal...