February 10, 2007

  • Class Warfare:

    The Graduate

    From this morning's
    New York Times:

    Classmates: Actor Ian Richardson and writer Art Buchwald

    The actor Ian Richardson

    Richardson died yesterday,
    Friday, Feb. 9, 2007.

    He seems well qualified
    to be patron saint of
     
    the "icily sardonic."

    "... it was his portrayal of the alluringly evil Francis Urquhart, a
    scheming, icily sardonic Tory member of Parliament, that finally made
    him a household name in Britain and a celebrity abroad."

    -- Campbell Robertson in today's New York Times

    Related material: Log24 yesterday, the date of Richardson's death.