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While it is defensible to herald an actor for his guts in stuntwork, some wonder what judgment should be passed once his realistic stuntwork makes it onscreen and is viewed by small children. Does Walking Tall ironically encourage kids to walk short on temper and patience in resolving a conflict...
...poverty to power and used violence to defend their honor, demanded star quality in its bad guys. Gotti and Gigante provided it. The suspicion is that both men bought dangerously into the Mafia movie myth. They wanted to be the wiseguys with lethal charm, the types who get immortalized onscreen by the "O Team"--Brando, De Niro, Pacino. And maybe become their own O team: Soprano. The FBI loves this, because a mobster's ego is the most fragile weapon in his arsenal. Set it off in public, and it can explode. Indeed, the mythologizing of the Mob by Hollywood...
...from SightSpeed in Berkeley, Calif., is a better option. Just click on the name of the person you want to chat with, and SightSpeed Video Messenger sends a message inviting him or her to chat. As soon as the recipient clicks O.K., a Post-it-size video window appears onscreen, and you can start talking. A picture-in-a-picture option lets you see your own image in a smaller window. In my tests over a DSL connection, the video was a little blurry but good enough to see expression on the other person's face...
...course, the release of The Passion and the sometimes barbaric worship of Ashura are not the same thing. Onscreen violence is never the same as real-life violence, no matter how graphic. Non-Muslims certainly have a right to ask why some Shiites choose to observe Ashura as they do; violence, even violence done by individuals against themselves, is something people instinctively fear, and such questions are entirely justified...
Jesus has brief onscreen sex with his first wife Mary Magdalene and later commits adultery. Judas is a hero, the strongest and best of the apostles. Paul is a hypocrite and liar. Jesus is so dazed that, even on the eve of his Crucifixion, he is still not quite sure whether to preach love or murder Romans. Ready for director Martin Scorsese's new movie, The Last Temptation of Christ? ... When it opens this Friday, religious crowd scenes are almost certain to appear outside the theaters as well as in them. For the past month, conservative Christians have denounced...