Russell Crowe was terrific in his early Australian movies, like Proof and Romper Stomper , in which he played complicated characters who found themselves involved in sub-faggot flirtations. Why, in The Sum of Us , he even played a character involved in a super-faggot flirtation. But let's face it, as a gentile he can't compete as a suffering slave with the Great Jewish Hope, Kirk Douglas. Admittedly, Joaquin Phoenix makes a deliciously evil Roman Emperor, and I'm not just saying that because I had dinner with him a couple of weeks ago at Teatro, the great new Toronto restaurant on College. Rim shot optional.
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