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It was a question of glory--of his having risen in the world, and having killed his thousands, and having failed spectacularly, and not having flinched.
Roger: Doubtless Elvis will be responding to you about Michael Clarke Duncan in The Green Mile , but I've got to say I flinched when I read that "his function is essentially to absorb and process white pain, suffering, disease and guilt, which he does visibly--which is a novel change from the decades of films in which black characters have done the same thing invisibly."
And I loved how Ryan flinched when the screen displayed an instant message from NY152: He's actually there, in real time!