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"power tends to corrupt; absolute power corrupts absolutely. great men are almost always bad men." ~ lord acton this quote is at the heart of rossen's "all the king's men". from humble beginnings, you can see willie stark's soul rot and his high morals and platitudes devolve into a brutal attempt to grab more power. a quest to control those things around him that he should not, and cannot control. there is something very powerful to watching this transformation happen right before you and to go through this experience with these characters. is willie stark a great man? in a certain sense of... read
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the story of an honest man who is changed by the political machine into a corrupt governor. it still rings true today almost 70 years later. willie stark, perfectly played by broderick crawford, really intends to do good and root out the corruption in the system. but, once he is in a place of power, he is corrupted almost immediately and becomes exactly the man he was trying to protect the people from. crawford is fantastic portraying willie stark in his transition from a wide eyed idealist who thinks he can make a difference to a mob boss with political office who strongarms anyone who gets... read
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January 21, 2024 - by Stephen Kielback
Ah, this guy is who that weird corner of 2016 twitter thought Bernie Sanders was read
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