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Article: The humanity of 'Anne Frank' - ABC drama of legendary Holocaust victim is a triumph of the spirit.(Arts and Lifestyle)
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- The Boston Herald
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- May 17, 2001
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"Anne Frank" (ABC).
Sunday and Monday at 9 on WCVB (Ch. 5).
Four stars (out of four)
How weakly "The Sopranos" sings to the soul when the richly resonant "Anne Frank" competes for our attention.
On Sunday, while the season finale of the drama about a Mob family premieres on HBO, an extraordinary television miniseries begins on ABC. There is no comparing "The Sopranos" and "Anne Frank," although the medium and the prime-time slot are common denominators.
"The Sopranos" is great television drama. The transcendent "Anne Frank" is far greater.
Quite simply, "Anne Frank" is one of the most distinctive, eloquent, moving ...