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Me and Orson Welles

Before Orson Welles directed what many critics believe is the greatest American film ever made (at the age of 25!), he was a skinny, handsome genius who created (with John Houseman) the legendary Mercury Theatre. The company is perhaps best remembered today for its venture into radio with “Mercury Theatre on the Air,” highlighted by a certain mischievous Halloween prank that threw America into a panic. But even before Welles scared the nation with “live” reports of a Martian invasion…

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The Maid

Many Americans are a bit leery of live-in servants. The idea makes us more class conscious than we really want to be; it seems undemocratic, somehow. Maybe that’s why American films featuring butlers, chambermaids, chauffeurs, et al., frequently portray these characters as devious, manipulative, untrustworthy types who harbor vengeance against their masters and mistresses (or display over-protective dedication to their employers). Other cultures are more comfortable with the idea of…

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