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Wordplay: Directed by Patrick Creadon. With Will Shortz, Merl Reagle, Tyler Hinman, Trip Payne. An in-depth look at The New York Times' long-time crossword puzzle editor Will Shortz and his loyal fan base.
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- Documentary
- Patrick Creadon
- 2006-07-21
- Responses to The Regiment
- Robert Gould Shaw
- Other Soldiers
- Symbolic Moments
- Fort Wagner
- As Good as Historical Films Get
The 54thMassachusetts was not the first African-American unit to serve the Union. Nevertheless, it was a bold experiment, as the film depicts. The other units had been raised quietly and used in obscurity, to test how they performed and how people reacted. However, although some of them were praised for their battlefield performance in May and June...
The film’s leading character, Robert Gould Shaw, was the unit’s first commander in real life. As Gloryshows, he was a privileged son of New England gentry and an ardent abolitionist. When he was given his command, he was already a veteran of the war. However, the film misses an opportunity in Shaw’s recruitment. He is shown receiving his invitation...
In dramatizing the issues of the American Civil War, Glory implies that the 54thMassachusetts Regiment was made up mostly of former slaves. In reality, most of the men in the unit had been free their entire lives. They were northerners fighting for the north as well as African-Americans fighting for African-Americans. Some of them came from promine...
Two powerful symbolic moments show the film’s complicated relationship with the truth. Shaw’s attack on a row of watermelons during training symbolizes the hard work of preparing for war. Its overall message about prejudice and Shaw’s dedication captures the truth. However, the unit trained in Massachusetts from February to May; watermelons would h...
The climax of the film, the 54th Massachusetts Regiment’s assault on Fort Wagner, is among the most realistic depictions of American Civil War combat. The suicidal experience of charging into a hail of shells and musketry is depicted well. The equipment used and their participation in the war are shown in realistic detail. In broad terms, the event...
No historical film perfectly captures every detail. Some things are unknown, others are uncertain, and liberties are taken both for the practicalities of film-making and to show broader truths. Glorytakes some such liberties, but far fewer than most historical epics. It accurately depicts the story of a unit, its commander, and their importance in ...
Jan 12, 1990 · January 12, 1990. 4 min read. The story goes that the author of “Glory,” Kevin Jarre, was walking across Boston Common one day when he noticed something about a Civil War memorial that he had never noticed before. Some of the soldiers in it were black. Although the American Civil War is often referred to as the war to free the slaves, it ...
Play the Daily New York Times Crossword puzzle edited by Will Shortz online. Try free NYT games like the Mini Crossword, Ken Ken, Sudoku & SET plus our new subscriber-only puzzle Spelling Bee.
Jun 22, 2006 · The movie centers on the 28th annual American Crossword Puzzle Tournament, hosted every year in Stamford, Conn., by Will Shortz, the editor of the New York Times crossword puzzles. It also visits fans of the Times puzzles (which run in the Sun-Times and countless other papers).
Box office. $3,121,270 [1] Wordplay is a 2006 documentary film directed by Patrick Creadon. It features Will Shortz, the editor of the New York Times crossword puzzle, crossword constructor Merl Reagle, and many other noted crossword solvers and constructors. The second half of the movie is set at the 2005 American Crossword Puzzle Tournament ...
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