Where Oppenheimer displays total control of his craft of visual storytelling, the film fails the shortcomings of its script - ...
Keeping the Faith by Brenda Wineapple tells the story of the infamous “Scopes Monkey Trial” unfolding in Dayton, Tennessee, in the summer of 1925. A high school teacher, John T. Scopes, was hauled ...
Where Oppenheimer displays total control of his craft of visual storytelling, the film fails the shortcomings of its script -- specifically, the choice to tell this story as a musical. The decision is ...
An accomplished historian and author of "The Impeachers," Wineapple takes her time setting up the story. In a leisurely manner—perhaps too leisurely—her narrative encompasses Prohibition, the Ku Klux ...