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If you excuse the analogy, they're something like sordid one-night stands.
Halle Berry's pet biopic (she stars and executive produces) of Dandridge, the first African-American to earn an Oscar nomination for Best Actress, gets a lukewarm reception: "a devoted but ultimately dull hagiopic" marred by "a flat script and uninteresting narrative" (James Poniewozik, Time ). Some of the more sordid parts of Dandridge's life have been left out, and several critics say that while Berry captures Dandridge's beauty and glamour, she lacks her heat and sensuality.
The only people to emerge with any credit from this sordid saga are the American people, who continue to show the sound sense they have demonstrated throughout."
For instance: Why were Paula Jones' lawyers able to depose Clinton on every sordid detail of his sex life?
The WP lead also reveals some sordid details of the affair including the infamous cigar story, simultaneous engagements in oral sex and phone conversations with members of Congress, and a White House rendezvous immediately after Easter Sunday services.