Olivia de Havilland was more than an actress
PAT MURPHY: She played two off-screen roles that took courage and independence. She was, to put it simply, a woman of genuine substance.
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The Congo’s great liberation turned into abject failure
PAT MURPHY: How great plans quickly descended into decades of dictatorship, corruption, kleptocracy and violence
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Cancel culture equivalent to infamous Hollywood blacklist
PAT MURPHY: Pushing back against emboldened righteousness isn’t a task for the timid. J.K. Rowling is not timid
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Double Indemnity still a great movie 76 years later
PAT MURPHY: Corruption is rife and there’s no safe space for the naïve or the credulous. The noir world isn’t a beautiful place
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Statue-toppling and the narrowness of righteous minds
PAT MURPHY: Just because someone else’s history makes you uncomfortable doesn’t give you a moral licence to erase it from public space (PREMIUM content/Not yet a PREMIUM member? $25)
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