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Probe Movie Review
by Preston Fillagre


  Bad Company

Impersonation and the inherent internalized integument of identity have fueled dramas since the times of Aristophanes. In Bad Company this duality of instantiation gets it exegesis through the byplay between Anthony Hopkins (certainly looking far more sinister here than he did in Psycho) and Chris Rock. I am sure wrestling fans will flock to see their hero, but I was surprised at Mr. Rock's on-screen persona vis-à-vis his pugilistic histrionics. I am at a loss to explain why this additional declivity between self-as-product and self-as-actor has not generated more buzz, and it added a delicious layer of postmodern irony to the enterprise. I emailed Ebert about it, but some technical problem must have interfered since I have not received any reply.




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