“There’s more to this grim, ambitious movie than a psychopathic assassin of the highest order whose carnage is gorgeously shot, though I seriously doubt it would be garnering so much enthusiasm without such perks.” —Jonathan Rosenbaum, November 8
Miner was OK in his reference to Norma Zilk but was a bit off regarding Lake View’s supposed “world-class women’s track program.” He and the readers should know that in the 1920s, because of the noncompetitive ideology of physical educators of the day regarding women’s athletics, the Chicago Board of Education did not allow interscholastic track teams for girls. They did allow interschool competition for girls in golf, tennis, rifle, and swimming. The girls wanted to compete, however, and through the great Chicago Park District program in track and field, as well as private club programs, the city produced a large number of high-school-age girls who were world-class competitors.
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Even if Your Ancestors Didn’t Own Slaves …
This review seems a bit histrionic. Who would have believed a Coen brothers movie merited a denunciatory Orwell quote on concentration camps?
Mike Goetz
