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James Earl Jones (January 17, 1931 – September 9, 2024) was an American actor. He was described as "one of America's most distinguished and versatile" actors for his performances on stage and screen, and "one of the greatest actors in American history". Over his career, he received three Tony Awards, two Emmy Awards, and a Grammy Award. He was inducted into the American Theater Hall of Fame in 1985. He was honored with the National Medal of Arts in 1992, the Kennedy Center Honor in 2002, the Screen Actors Guild Life Achievement Award in 2009 and the Honorary Academy Award in 2011. His deep voice has been praised as a "stirring basso profondo that has lent gravel and gravitas" to his projects.
James Earl Jones
Germano Rossi
for Germano Rossi in Thorns in saint's demise
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Fictional 90s mafia queer movie set on the 60s The plot follows Pipazzio, a young trans adult who has just won the top prize in the grand cooking contest with his sweetheart, Marion. The couple returns to Palermo, Italy, the protagonist's hometown to build a life for themselves but P's plans are interrupted thanks to his own reckless spendthrift soul and the proposal of Marion to throw a big party that ends up using up much of her wealth. This combined with unnecessary purchases by his parents end up burying the family in debt. desperate to reclaim stability, he is lured into a mafia that masquerades as a legitimate racing agency. Here, he confronts a world rife with toxic masculinity and oppressive hierarchies, mirroring the extremist fascism of the era, in wich freedom is only for male hegemony. It has a style unseen in the most known man centered crime movies in this case Pipazzio always had this risk clear, but because of being out of tune with the attitudes of the average mobster, he ends up being seen as an enemy to the rest and a constant threat to his most loved ones, wich choose symbolic affairs over a conceited glorified life, making pipazzio feel his expression as a man only encapsulated him more . In terms of direction this movie doesn't invent nothing new, but uses the elements stablished by previous films in the most complete and sublime way possible creating a satyrical and predictable tension and mystery.
