{"id":1260,"date":"2019-05-02T20:38:43","date_gmt":"2019-05-02T20:38:43","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/wordpress.fau.edu\/lifelongexchange\/?p=1260"},"modified":"2019-05-02T21:12:59","modified_gmt":"2019-05-02T21:12:59","slug":"kind-hearts-and-coronets","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/wordpress.fau.edu\/lifelongexchange\/2019\/05\/02\/kind-hearts-and-coronets\/","title":{"rendered":"Kind Hearts and Coronets"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/wordpress.fau.edu\/lifelongexchange\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/14\/2019\/05\/rakower.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-1261\" src=\"http:\/\/wordpress.fau.edu\/lifelongexchange\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/14\/2019\/05\/rakower.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"144\" height=\"144\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>By Benito Rakower, Ed.D<\/p>\n<p>Many people regard this as their favorite film.\u00a0 Its flawless wit, brilliance and acting never stale nor seem dated.\u00a0 It shares with \u201cCasablanca\u201d the virtue of repeated viewings, each with the original freshness.<\/p>\n<p>Set in Edwardian England, it recounts the methodical manner in which an ignored and rejected member of an aristocratic family plots his revenge.\u00a0 He does this to secure his legitimate place in the line of succession.\u00a0 That, of course, means eliminating everyone who stands in his way.<\/p>\n<p>Essentially, the film recasts Shakespeare\u2019s \u201cRichard III\u201d into a modern comedy of manners.\u00a0 That the greatest English film comedy could be based on a criminal enterprise is itself an astounding <em>tour de force. <\/em>It is impossible not to relish the polish, refinement, and poise of the villain\/hero.\u00a0 The film is also a stunning portrait of what makes the English \u201cEnglish\u201d.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Dr. <\/strong>Rakower <strong>will teach a six-week\u00a0course, &#8220;The Sense of the Ridiculous in Film,&#8221; starting on Thursday, May 16 at 1 p.m.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>To register, <a href=\"https:\/\/llsjuponline.com\/llsjup_online\/Catalog\/CatalogCourses.aspx?Year=2019&amp;Semester=3&amp;InstructorID=16&amp;InstructorGroupID=0&amp;rememberClassType=summercourses&amp;SemesterAdd=0&amp;ClassNumber=SUR1&amp;rememberRow=0&amp;rememberCol=0\">click here.<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>By Benito Rakower, Ed.D Many people regard this as their favorite film.\u00a0 Its flawless wit, brilliance and acting never stale nor seem dated.\u00a0 It shares with \u201cCasablanca\u201d the virtue of repeated viewings, each with the original freshness. Set in Edwardian<span class=\"ellipsis\">&hellip;<\/span><\/p>\n<div class=\"read-more\"><a href=\"https:\/\/wordpress.fau.edu\/lifelongexchange\/2019\/05\/02\/kind-hearts-and-coronets\/\">Read more &#8250;<\/a><\/div>\n<p><!-- end of .read-more --><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1679,"featured_media":1264,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[1],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/wordpress.fau.edu\/lifelongexchange\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1260"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/wordpress.fau.edu\/lifelongexchange\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/wordpress.fau.edu\/lifelongexchange\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wordpress.fau.edu\/lifelongexchange\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1679"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wordpress.fau.edu\/lifelongexchange\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1260"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/wordpress.fau.edu\/lifelongexchange\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1260\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1265,"href":"https:\/\/wordpress.fau.edu\/lifelongexchange\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1260\/revisions\/1265"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wordpress.fau.edu\/lifelongexchange\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1264"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/wordpress.fau.edu\/lifelongexchange\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1260"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wordpress.fau.edu\/lifelongexchange\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1260"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wordpress.fau.edu\/lifelongexchange\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1260"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}