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Nov 10, 2006
Throat Shows Us Great Cesar’s Ghosts
Throat is one of the most moving reactions to the Iraq war that I’ve come across. Is it the utterly convincing and devastating performances of its leads, Raul Castillo and Lisa Sauber? Is it its themes, which are less interested in furthering an agenda and more focused on showing us the emotional and psychological impacts of any war situation, awarding a damaged dignity to the soldiers portrayed? Or perhaps its script, peppered with relatable anecdotes…