Shattered Glass

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Just saw Shattered Glass with Dawn. I liked it. I thought its portrayal of The New Republic workplace seemed dead-on (and found out later Chuck Lane, portrayed in the movie, was a consultant). Larry is a contributing writer for TNR so I will HAVE to talk to him about this, since he knew Michael Kelly, who was killed in Iraq this spring--I remember the news stories when that happened. Hayden Christenson's performance seemed a little too smarmy for me but I have a pretty sensitive bullshit detector and someone like Glass would've tripped it immediately. And of course I know the ending. But yay him for escaping the Star Wars curse and getting cast in a movie like this. Peter Sarsgaard was excellent as Chuck Lane--he has such a no-bullshit kind of face. I couldn't tell where it was actually filmed but it takes place in DC and looked it, I was happy to see. Even the interiors (DC townhouses have a very specific feel to them) looked authentic. What a piece of shit Glass was. Him and Jayson Blair--bragging, loud, smarmy bullshit peddlers now trying to profit off their misdeeds. "It's not my fault...I didn't do anything wrong...I'm more sinned against than sinning." Loser assholes, the both of them.

We practiced the Twelfth Night scene last night. I'm having a lot of fun with that--Tracie and I have a good rapport.