>>>>>>>Maybe that is editorial in tone but it's hard to disagree with much of it. The only part I disagree with is the bit about Churchillian speech. Bush's speeches are about as much like Churchill's as Borat was like Humphrey Bogart.
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>>>>>>Very good article about very bad situation.
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>>>>>>BTW That Borat movie was amongst worse I have ever seen. Just could not understand how it ever became so popular.
>>>>>>I would rather watch 3 consecutive B/W Humphrey Bogart movies then
>>>>>>15 minutes of that Borat crap.
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>>>>>Taste is personal, of course. I did find a lot of it funny, especially the early parts in his home village.
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>>>>>If you had to choose one, would you choose "Casablanca" or "The Treasure of the Sierra Madre"? Or do you have a different favorite Bogie movie?
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>>>>Or Maltese Falcon, Dark Victory, The Roaring 20s. There are lots to pick from.
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>>>How could I have left out "The Maltese Falcon"?! Or "The Big Sleep", for that matter.
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>>>I haven't even heard of "The Roaring 20s". Will look it up and rent it if Netflix has it.
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>>I like them all. Do not forget African Queen, Key Largo, The Caine Mutiny. I see that he was in 77 movies according to the info I found.
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>More good additions to the list. Well, sort of. He was a bit overwhelmed by Katharine Hepburn in "The African Queen" (and who wouldn't want to be overwhelmed by Katharine Hepburn?). And "Key Largo" I didn't particularly care for despite the stellar cast.
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>When I first arrived in Madison, as a transfer, one of the first groups I joined was the film society. It was new student week and they were trying to recruit new members, so they brought out the big guns. One night it was "Psycho" -- which I had miraculously not seen to that point -- then "Casablanca", then "Key Largo".

For me, African Queen was one of the great movies ever made. I don't really think he was overwhelmed by her. I just think his role was to be a bit taken aback by her, and I think he played it like a master. Not to mention that he played a Canadian!