By this point, you've probably read your fill about Lee Daniels's The Butler (or, as the studio wants us to call it, Lee Daniels' The Butler), the star-studded historical pageant that's currently this country's number-one box office attraction. But I think the movie is a lot stranger—and a lot angrier—than many reviews are making it out to be; in this week's long review, I expound on this argument and offer thoughts on Daniels's unique body of work.…
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