Anyhow, Ma and me live a ways out of town, near where the river bends like an elbow. You can see it from the train bridge, over there. Our house’s the one made of two squares, a big one and a little one, plus a
Sometimes when an author reveals their inspiration for a character I’m very surprised. Wait, that’s not how I pictured him at all! Elin: Do you find there to be a lot of structural differences between a relationship driven story and one with masses of action? Lisa: I tend to write ...
was renamed "Our Gang," and Thomas continued to portray Buckwheat dressed as a little girl until 1936, when the character shed the pigtails and white dress in favor of a pair of overalls and the pronoun "he." After aging out of "Our Gang," Thomas forged a successful career as a movie...
- Character: Fanny Brice - Actor: Barbra Streisand Barbra Streisand repeated this famous line during her Best Actress Academy Award acceptance speech. In the film, the camera pans to her character, decked out in a leopard print coat and hat, gazing at herself in the mirror and greeting her ...
- Character: Sonny Wortzik - Actor: Al Pacino “Dog Day Afternoon,” about a bank heist gone wrong, got the audience on the side of the criminals. When Al Pacino (as robber Sonny) emerges from the bank and confronts the cops, he gets the crowd to chant “Attica! Attica!” This is...