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November 14, 2014
At the Movies: Jon Stewart displays sure hand in ‘Rosewater'
By JOCELYN NOVECK
AP National Writer
AP National Writer
You can take the man away from the humor. But you clearly can't always take the humor from the man.
This gratifying principle proves true both for the Iranian-born Canadian journalist Maziar Bahari, who was imprisoned for 118 days in Tehran and accused of being a spy, and of Jon Stewart, who captures Bahari's harrowing tale in “Rosewater,” a clear-headed, sensitive and thoroughly impressive directorial debut for the Comedy Central host.
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