| In the film "Kinsey," when someone
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| | interviews reveal parents beating and
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| suggests a movie of Dr. Alfred Kinsey's
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| | shunning their own children for sexual
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| book, he replies, tongue in-cheek
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| | behavior.That said, "Kinsey" doesn't seem
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| in-joke, "I can't think of anything more
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| | to advocate total permissiveness. Even
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| boring." He's almost right. Kinsey was
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| | Dr. "Don't be judgmental" Kinsey and one
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| an academic, a pedant, and perhaps that's
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| | of his assistants strive to maintain
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| why "Kinsey" is so monotone and almost
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| | objectivity when interviewing Kenneth
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| sterile in its approach to such an
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| | Braun, a subject they've courted for a
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| explosive subject.Explosive? In the
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| | decade because of his meticulous
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| Paris Hilton/Desperate Housewives/"red
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| | cataloguing of his sexual history.
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| state/blue state" era? Isn't our DAILY
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| | Braun, was, apparently, a major source of
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| discourse already oversatiated with
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| | data for Kinsey.Although the scene is
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| sex?Yes and no.There are still "don't go
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| | only eight minutes long, it's easily one
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| there" areas--the Michael Jackson case
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| | of the most powerful in the entire movie,
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| proves that. The debate over gay
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| | thanks to the casting of gifted character
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| marriage. Our furor over Monica
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| | actor William Sadler as Braun. Sadler,
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| Lewinsky. On the other hand, we have
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| | who has a history of playing villains
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| gotten more permissive: "Closer," an
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| | ("Die Hard 2"), convicts ("The Shawshank
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| exploration of infidelity, edges out
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| | Redemption"), and shady characters
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| "Kinsey" in the Academy Awards, with the
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| | ("Rush"), and even frank sex talkers
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| exception of a Best Supporting Actress
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| | ("When did you last have an orgasm?" he
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| nod for Laura Linney. The academic tone
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| | asks his daughter in the short-lived
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| may have had something to do with it.When
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| | series "Wonderfalls"), ably and
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| I finally watched "Kinsey," it was
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| | unflinchingly choreographs his way
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| preceded by a promo for "Inside Deep
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| | through Braun's litany of perversions
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| Throat," referring not to Pat Buchanan
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| | (sex with children, animals, and
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| (who denied in a live appearance of the
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| | seventeen members of his family) with
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| McLaughlin Group I attended in Palm
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| | bare, raw honesty. In an extremely bold
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| Springs, California, that he is the "Deep
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| | move even for today's audiences, the
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| Throat" of the Watergate scandal) but to
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| | script has Braun prove he can get an
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| the adult movie starring Linda Lovelace,
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| | erection within ten seconds and achieve
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| which Nixon campaigned against--only to
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| | onanistic self-satisfaction. While
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| have "Deep Throat" (the source) become
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| | Kinsey's assistant decides Braun is a
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| his undoing.Alfred Kinsey would find this
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| | little too repugnant, Kinsey maintains
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| prelude to his biopic appropriate. Let's
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| | his "professional distance" until Braun
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| hope he'd like Liam Neeson, who manages
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| | challenges Kinsey's own orthodoxy by
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| to rise with passion above the sterile,
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| | insisting that Kinsey's doctrine is "if
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| shrink (as in psychotherapist)-wrapped
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| | it feels good, do it." Since Kinsey is
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| Hollywood approach to a subject that
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| | never clear on his own doctrine, it's no
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| still, frankly, makes us uncomfortable.
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| | wonder he reacts badly to Braun. Braun
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| Witness the furor over Janet Jackson's
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| | derides him as "square."But for all this,
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| "wardrobe malfunction." The amoral
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| | Kinsey's story, which begins with one of
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| industry that spends billions trying to
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| | Kinsey's assistants (Chris O'Donnell,
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| titillate us can't quite get past the
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| | shedding his clean-boy image)
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| conventions it thinks it flouts. Which
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| | interviewing him and providing a framing
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| perhaps is just as well. As the superb
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| | narrative for the movie, is one of
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| Laura Linney, playing Clara "Mac"
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| | love--love for his subject, love for Mac,
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| Macmillan explains to her husband Al
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| | and just possibly, learning to love
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| after he informs her of a homosexual
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| | himself. "When it comes to love, we're
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| affair with one of his researchers (Peter
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| | all in the dark," he explains. He's
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| Sarsgaard), "Did you ever think that
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| | taught this lesson by the magnificent
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| those strictures are there to keep people
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| | Lynn Redgrave, for whom his book has made
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| from getting hurt?" (Mac gets her own
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| | a difference. "Thank you, Dr. Kinsey,"
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| back when the same swinging assistant
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| | she says. "You saved my life."Perhaps
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| asks for a little fun with her.)Perhaps
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| | "Kinsey" might seem a bit of "same old
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| the point of the movie is that sometimes
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| | same old" in our jaded culture. But the
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| we go too far both in the applying of
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| | movie reminds us of our common humanity,
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| those strictures and in the loosening of
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| | and if we have to talk about sex and
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| them. Kinsey's father, played as
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| | wasps to realize that, it's worth the
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| skillfully as usual by John Lithgow,
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| | price of admission.Movie reviewer
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| belittles his wife, daughter and son, but
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| | screenwriter Kristin Johnson composes
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| proves to have been a victim of parental
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| | personalized poems, speeches, toasts,
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| torture himself with regard to sex.
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| | vows, and family memories. Visit to
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| Interestingly, the father-son friction
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| | order your personalized memories. She is
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| spans four generations of the Kinsey
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| | also co-author of the Midwest Book Review
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| family when Kinsey starts to pick on his
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| | "enthusiastically recommended" pick
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| own son. "Have you learned nothing?
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| | Christmas Cookies Are For Giving:
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| Nothing?" Mac exclaims.Then there is the
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| | Stories, Recipes and Tips for Making
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| homosexual man who Kinsey interviews.
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| | Heartwarming Gifts (ISBN: 0-9723473-9-9).
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| While childhood is pretty darn short
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| | A downloadablemedia kit is available at
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| these days the idea of the young man's
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| | our Web site, or e-mail the publisher ()
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| father and brother branding him for
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| | to receive a printed media kit and sample
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| prepubsecent same-sex exploration seems
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| | copy of the book.
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| excessive. Kinsey's cross-country
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