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7/10
100k Can't be Wrong?
22 October 2021
Undisputed has been my early morning coffee past time since it debuted. Shannon Sharpe is a language rapid fire wit, engaging smile, passionate devotion to what he believes to be the facts of a topic. Skip Bayless speaks with the experience of an authentic journalist. Their give and take entertains me. But for years they have deep rut worn the subjects titled LeBron, Brady, and the Dallas Cowboys. They have engaged in discussions about racial issues in our nation. But digressions from the big three topics of their show are rare. They have yet to reach an audience of 200,000 viewers. That is remarkable to me.

They hold their own in a universe of less than 150,000 viewers and I wonder how many of those are new to the program. Undisputed has suffered too the loss of in studio guests who brought vigor, charm, humor and anger to the program. Sharpe and Bayless alone cannot and will not expand their audience beyond those of us who visit their show morning after morning.
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10/10
Truly an enduringly classic film
19 November 2011
Everything Is Illuminated is the most heartbreakingly beautiful and endearing film I have experienced in my 63 years of life. The performances and direction are truly exceptional. The devotion to remembrance, the love and esteem of family, and the perdurable effects of horrific inhumanity, emotional loss, and war, are drawn in a way that is sure, clear, and often subtle. I wonder if I am magnifying the worth of Schrieber's film. But, truly, I cannot in words do over justice to the emotional impact his film has had on me. I've seen the sections of Everything is Illuminated that were not included in the theatrical release. The decision to edit out the fantasy theater scene was crucial. Had that scene been gone forward, I don't believe Everything Is Illuminated would have achieved the level of haunting beauty that it possesses. He has smartly crafted a film that is classic. He has crafted in his direction and writing, a work of cinematic art.
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