When Paparazzi Attack: In a theater near you
John Leguizamo
If you were as disappointed in photog-vs-celeb drama Paparazzi as we were (so disappointed, in fact, that we didn't bother seeing it), the New York Times thinks you'll be quite pleased with Crónicas, starring John Leguizamo as a fictional E. L. Woody (okay, we kinda made that up, but it's in the same vein).
Whatever, he plays a pap — the same kind that chases down Lindsay Lohan and then crashes into her for the money shot.
The character, Manolo, works for a lurid television news magazine, "One Hour With the Truth," but we quickly see through the half-truths he delivers. His cameraman approaches grieving parents draped over their small son's coffin, and moves them slightly for a better shot. Manolo asks a man who may be a serial child killer a question that is a staple of network and local news: What is he feeling? The reporter even inserts himself into a story, Geraldo-style, to stop a lynching. His own producer tells him, "You just want to be a hero."
We're just waiting for the photogs' lobbying group to issue a terse statement about how falsified the film is. Because as any lens knows, you don't move grieving parents "slightly" — you shove 'em to the ground to elicit more tears.
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If you were as disappointed in photog-vs-celeb drama Paparazzi as we were (so disappointed, in fact, that we didn't bother seeing it), the New York Times thinks you'll be quite pleased with Crónicas, starring John Leguizamo as a fictional E. L. Woody (okay, we kinda made that up, but it's in the same vein).
Whatever, he plays a pap — the same kind that chases down Lindsay Lohan and then crashes into her for the money shot.
The character, Manolo, works for a lurid television news magazine, "One Hour With the Truth," but we quickly see through the half-truths he delivers. His cameraman approaches grieving parents draped over their small son's coffin, and moves them slightly for a better shot. Manolo asks a man who may be a serial child killer a question that is a staple of network and local news: What is he feeling? The reporter even inserts himself into a story, Geraldo-style, to stop a lynching. His own producer tells him, "You just want to be a hero."
We're just waiting for the photogs' lobbying group to issue a terse statement about how falsified the film is. Because as any lens knows, you don't move grieving parents "slightly" — you shove 'em to the ground to elicit more tears.
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