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Cate Blanchett, into the breech

This week saw the release of the Bob Dylan biopic I’m Not There at the Venice Film Festival. For months now, it’s received media attention and a healthy dose of skepticism (even around here). You may remember why – it’s the one where Cate Blanchett morphs from this: to this: Blanchett’s among several actors playing Dylan, but so far, her portayal is generating the most buzz (and Oscar speculation). Director Todd Haynes explains his unconventional casting as a “radical device” to emphasize “how extraordinary and eccentric” Dylan appeared to his contemporaries. (Personally, I don’t find it that much of a stretch – I saw Dylan a few years back, and I am telling you, anyone could have been up on that stage under that enormous cowboy hat, mumbling the words to his songs.)

But it’s not like casting women to play men is anything new; the term

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