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    <title><![CDATA[Re: J. Edgar]]></title>

    
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      <![CDATA[In “J. Edgar,” we see an aging Hoover, played by Leonardo DiCaprio, dictating a memoir of his early career, beginning with the bombing of 1919 and progressing through the Lindbergh Baby Trial. Between depictions of dictated chapters, the audience watches a weathered version of Hoover try to hold onto power and polish his legacy during the; Kennedy, Johnson, and early Nixon; administrations.<br>
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This film humanized the historic power monger, by showing him at his most vulnerable. While Hoover was commandingly dominant in the professional realm, DiCaprio played him as being submissive toward his domineering mother, played by Judi Dench. We also see him as being awkward around women, as he constantly wrestles with his sexuality.<br>
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Read more at <a href="http://jameskiester.blogspot.com/2011/12/j-edgar-review.html" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">http://jameskiester.blogspot.com/2011/12/j&hellip;</a>.
        
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            J. Edgar<br />
          
          Rating: 4 Stars
        
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    <pubDate>Sun, 04 Dec 2011 15:15:00 -0800</pubDate>
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