Category: The Unsung
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The Unsung: Laura-Louise, Rosemary’s Baby
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Read more: The Unsung: Laura-Louise, Rosemary’s BabyThe beauty of Rosemary’s Baby is that, while it acknowledges Satanists are living among us trying to overthrow the established order, we really have nothing to fear.
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The Unsung: Mr. Robinson, The Graduate
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Read more: The Unsung: Mr. Robinson, The GraduateYou heard me. I said, Mister Robinson. You can take your middle-aged desperado, the missus of the pair, and stick her back in storage. Benjamin, monstrous louse that he is, can go back to lounging poolside.
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The Unsung: Big Dick Blaque, Hardcore
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Read more: The Unsung: Big Dick Blaque, HardcoreHe enters like a hurricane, the most confident human being we’re ever likely to see. He’s a man’s man, back before the term had toxic implications. On screen for less than a minute, he takes over the movie so completely, it’s hard to imagine he didn’t get his own sequel
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The Unsung: Delores Purdy, In the Heat of the Night
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Read more: The Unsung: Delores Purdy, In the Heat of the NightDelores is pregnant. It’s uncertain whether or not this is her maiden voyage, but the odds are decidedly against it. It’s practically an article of faith that she’s on a first name basis with the local abortionist
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The Unsung: Howard Cosell, Bananas
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Read more: The Unsung: Howard Cosell, BananasWhen Howard Cosell died on April 23, 1995, at the age of 77, the famed cadence of the world’s most indelible broadcaster was forever silenced. More than that, though, America lost its purpose, its very raison d’etre.
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The Unsung: Earl Pfeiffer, Clash by Night (1952)
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Read more: The Unsung: Earl Pfeiffer, Clash by Night (1952)Another day, another Robert Ryan masterpiece. Fuck slowly but surely; in giant unapologetic gulps, Mr. Ryan is becoming my go-to cinematic figure; a lowdown, nasty sumbitch who, like the sunrise, can be counted on to make your hair stand on end.
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The Unsung: Wade, Nashville
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Read more: The Unsung: Wade, NashvilleIn a nation of liars, he is a beacon of truth. In a city packed to the gills with self-deception, self-indulgence, and the defiantly untalented insisting on themselves at every opportunity, he is a refreshing, almost essential pitstop.
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The Unsung: Bessie Winters, Pigskin Parade (1936)
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Read more: The Unsung: Bessie Winters, Pigskin Parade (1936)Few things in life excite me quite like a person out of time. Even better, a woman out of time. A dame of sass and unusual import; a broad who gives far better than she’s ever going to get
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The Unsung: Gar, Mask (1985)
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Read more: The Unsung: Gar, Mask (1985)If reincarnation is our lot after breathing our last, I can only hope I come back as Gar. Never did catch a last name, but I’m doubting one was necessary. Say it out loud – always in hushed tones – and even the uninitiated have some idea. Hell, the name itself seems to conjure the…
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The Unsung: Easy Andy, Taxi Driver
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Read more: The Unsung: Easy Andy, Taxi DriverHe is unquestionably the most cold-hearted character in the history of the cinema. Impeccably dressed, as if he’d think little of attending the opera after delivering a weapon of war to a client, he is suave, charming, and without a trace of sentiment.