‘King’s Speech’shows that alittle can go along way

Asimple biopic ofa future king. Anelegant tale oftwo unlikely

friends. A strange way todescribe the winner of aGolden Globe and a con-tender for an astounding12 Oscars, no doubt. But“TheKing’sSpeech”is no lessthan anuttermaster-piece, ifonly be-cause ofhow sim-ple (andyet com-plex) thestory is. Weaving togethera story of friendship, withlayers of gut-wrenching,intimate emotions lacingthrough it all, “King’sSpeech” delivers on near-ly every level, and it doesit without the pomp andcircumstance most kingsdemand.

The plot begins with anembarassing debacule bythe the younger son ofKing George V of England(Michael Gambon, “Harry

Potter and the DeathlyHallows: Part 1”), Duke ofYork Albert FrederickArthur George (ColinFirth, “A Single Man”),who cannot control hislifelong stammer at alarge public speakingevent during the lateryears of the Great De-pression, leading up toWorld War II. Right awayit’s obvious how traumat-ic this debilitatinghandicap is. You can seeit in his eyes; you can seeit in the crowd’s eyes. Inan effort to stymie thisless-than-regal attribute,Bertie, as his family callshim, undergoes an un-orthodox treatment,involving marbles, whichcame much closer tokilling the duke than alle-viating him of hisstammer. His supportive,if overprotective, wife,Elizabeth (Helena Bon-ham Carter, “Harry Potterand the Deathly Hallows:Part 1”), who actually pos-sesses some natural wit,decides to seek out anoth-er form of help (althoughBertie explicitly told herhe was done seekingtreatment). There iswhere Lionel Logue (Ge-offrey Rush, “Pirates ofthe Caribbean”) subtlyand brilliantly comes intothe mix. As a speech ther-apist, he accepts Bertieas his client, although itcomes with some caveats:

They have to meet in hismulti-hued office every-day and call each otherby more informal names.Lionel simply flourishesin this dynamic, the yingto Bertie’s yang. He push-es Bertie in a way that isculturally unacceptable,taking liberties with amember of the royal fami-ly and generally beingpushy. However, duringthe course of the film,Bertie and Lionel worktogether to overcome thechallenges in an excruci-atingly touching (if just abit saccharin) manner.The film then follows his-tory’s beckoning, endingin a grand announcementfrom Bertie, now KingGeorge VI, to the worldthat England is at warwith Nazi Germany.

The absolute highlightof this film is the one-on-one between Firth andRush. The banter, theemotion, the growth be-tween the characters isbreathtaking, undoubted-ly worthy of a multitudeof awards. It’s organic tothe core, believeable inevery sense. The dichoto-my between the two men

at first is striking. Bertieis quite tight-lipped withhis past, and Lionel’s ar-rogance sometimes getsthe best of him, but thesetraits only underscore theimportance of the grad-ual emergence of alifelong friendship.

But the same simplicitythat makes this film somemorable is the samefactor that can detersome viewers. In all reali-ty, it’s wartime England,and the story about astammering duke is hard-ly what most wouldconsider important. Andcompared with his olderbrother, David, later King

Edward VIII (Guy Pearce,“Memento”), who abdi-cates the throne in orderto marry his already-di-vorced love (not tomention the Nazi associa-tions later on), Bertie’slife is downright banal.“King’s Speech,” if lack-ing anything, may notpossess enough pizazz forthe regular movie-goer.

But when it comes rightdown to it, the most capi-tivating aspect of “King’sSpeech” is how simple itis. There’s no overly dra-matic view of the royalfamily, no dastardly se-crets waiting to beexposed. It’s subtle and

nuanced, gently nudgingyou rather than forciblydragging you. In the end,it was a story about twopeople becoming friendsin a most unlikely way.It’s about growing up andaccepting life, changingwhat you can and dealingwith what you can’t. In aword, it’s human.

Five stars out of five.�

Dominic Baez is the copyeditor/paginator for theEast Oregonian.

Note: “The King’sSpeech,” while having beenin theaters nationwide forweeks, was just released inHermiston this week.

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Comcast takes control of NBCUniversal; FCC imposes rules

LOS ANGELES (AP) — The nation'slargest cable TV company, Comcast Corp.,took control of NBC Universal after thegovernment shackled its behavior in thecoming years to protect online video serv-ices such as Netflix and Hulu.

The deal closed shortly before midnighton Friday.

The takeover gave the cable-hookup

company 51 percent control of NBC Uni-versal, which owns the nation'sfourth-ranked broadcaster, NBC; the Uni-versal Pictures movie studio and relatedtheme parks; and a bevy of cable channelsincluding Bravo, E! and USA.

The combination had raised fears thatComcast might abuse its control of NBCUniversal to favor its most valuable cus-tomers: the 23 million who rely on it forcable TV service and the 17 million whopay for Internet connections.

But the Justice Department and Feder-al Communications Commission imposedconditions that prevent Comcast from keep-ing to itself NBC Universal's popular showssuch as "The Office" and movies including"Despicable Me" for the next several years.

NBC's "30 Rock" on Thursday nightspoofed Comcast's impending takeover fromGeneral Electric Co. As a clock bell sound-ed, a neon "GE" atop an office buildingfizzled out and was replaced by a "K'' insidea swoosh resembling Comcast's logo.

"Wow, out with GE, in with Kabletown,"said Tina Fey's character, Liz Lemon."Seems like one of us should sing 'The Cir-cle Game' right now."

Conditions imposed on Comcast were se-rious, though.

Regulators forced Comcast to make thefull suite of NBC Universal content avail-able as a single package to onlinecompetitors on terms comparable to thosereached with more established rivals suchas Dish Network Corp. and DirecTV.