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Article: Woods and Garner take sober stance as AA co-founders // `Bill W.' pulls no punches on drinking
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- Chicago Sun-Times
- Article date:
- April 30, 1989
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Perhaps, with the help of a computer, it would be possible to
determine the number of drunk scenes that have been played in the
movies, on television and on the stage. Ray Milland in "The Lost
Weekend," Jack Lemmon in "The Days of Wine and Roses," Dudley Moore
joking it up in "Arthur," W. C. Fields in any number of features -
they're only a few of the actors who have exploited alcoholism in the
name of drama or comedy.
So how is an actor desirous of communicating the horrible,
debilitating effects of this great American pastime going to avoid
seeming disarmingly familiar - like a harmless old pal?
That was one of the questions facing James Woods as he tackled
the role of Alcoholics ...