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I’m all for movie studios parlaying Oscar buzz into box office sales, particularly in the cases of TransAmerica and, to a lesser extent, the already hyped-to-them-thar-hills Brokeback Mountain, two movies that got made despite commercial reservations. But I was a little taken aback when I saw an ad for TransAmerica that showed Academy Award-nominated, Golden Globe-winning Felicity Huffman describing her character as “like your uptight aunt crossed with your next door neighbor with a heart of gold.”
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