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Article: ABC's `Anne Frank' steps beyond attic into horror
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- The Milwaukee Journal Sentinel (Milwaukee, WI)
- Article date:
- May 20, 2001
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ABC's `Anne Frank' steps beyond attic into horror
By JOANNE WEINTRAUB
of the Journal Sentinel staff
Sunday, May 20, 2001
The subject of a Hollywood movie, an Oscar-winning documentary, a
recently revived Broadway play and too many books to count, Anne
Frank's brief life seems to need no further retelling.
In fact, when ABC announced last year that its miniseries was in
the works, I was sure it would be a feel-good rewrite of the
Holocaust -- not the Disney version, exactly, but a good-looking,
earnestly inspirational moral lesson ending with Anne's famous words:
"In spite of everything, I still believe that people are really good
at heart."
Except for the production's handsome ...
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