In Reply to: They competed in different categories posted by Victor Khomenko on March 8, 2005 at 17:17:10:
ensemble acting, with Newman's character the sun around which the others revolved. Their characters would have lost quite a bit of their power without Newman's menacing, flashing anger.
"Too much?" I disagree. He had not yet turned some of those habits into mannerisms.
Newman's performance stands the test of time, Poitier's doesn't (the "Magic African-American" alluded to in an earlier post).
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- I don't understand your point. This was - tinear 17:21:42 03/08/05 (2)
- The point was simple... how did you manage to miss it? - Victor Khomenko 17:26:16 03/08/05 (1)
- Uh... - Harmonia 22:37:36 03/10/05 (0)