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October 17, 2014
At the Movie: Michael Keaton soars in bracing ‘Birdman'
By JOCELYN NOVECK
AP National Writer
AP National Writer
Michael Keaton plays an aging actor who earned fame and wealth decades ago playing a superhero, Birdman.
When we first see Michael Keaton in “Birdman,” Alejandro G. Inarritu's bracingly inventive and accomplished new film about fame, relevance, self-worth and lots of other intense stuff, he's sitting in his white undies, in the middle of a dressing room.
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