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Brydon calls Kanin ‘the most impressive “false report” study’.
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Antifeminists typically ignore this distinction and point to figures such as Kanin’s 41% as a figure for false accusations, ‘lying women’ sending innocent men to jail.
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I read Kanin's book so many years ago the details have faded, but anyone who enjoyed that is likely to get a big kick out of this lavish production.
Ask Matt: The Closer, Damages, New Girl, Pan Am and More! 2011
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The Garson Kanin comedy isn't played for laughs and that makes them all the sweeter.
Michael Giltz: Theater: "Born Yesterday" Surprises; "Sister Act" Begs Your Indulgence Michael Giltz 2011
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Tempted to think of them as some heavily-armoured version of Wain and Kanin, but who knows?
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The Garson Kanin comedy isn't played for laughs and that makes them all the sweeter.
Michael Giltz: Theater: "Born Yesterday" Surprises; "Sister Act" Begs Your Indulgence Michael Giltz 2011
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Kanin's play, whose original production ran for 1,642 performances on Broadway and which was later turned into a hit movie, is a solidly made commercial comedy, a variation on "Pygmalion" in which Harry Brock (Jim Belushi), a thuggish businessman who comes to Washington in order to bribe a few congresssmen, hires an earnest young reporter (Robert Sean Leonard) to give Billie Dawn (Ms. Arianda), his chorus-girl mistress, a much-needed coat of social polish.
The Blacker Shade of Blue Terry Teachout 2011
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In the case of rape, for instance, the largest study ever done into the issue (whose author, Eugene Kanin, freely admits is woefully insufficient to allow extrapolation), it was found between 45 – 60% of all accusations are demonstrably false ... as in, such a bad fabrication it was actually possible to prove innocence .... a VERY high bar indeed.
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You can guess what happens next, but it doesn't matter, for Kanin runs the changes on his familiar theme so adroitly that you won't even mind the ham-handed civics lesson tucked into the last five minutes of the play.
The Blacker Shade of Blue Terry Teachout 2011
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Kanin has produced several Broadway plays and television movies, and she was also responsible for a radio series during World War II that promoted women's participation in the war effort.
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