It's been a tumultuous week of protests and demonstrations in Egypt. Nancy
Updike talks to two Egyptian men whose ideologies are completely opposite,
except one thing unites them: Their anger at the United States.
(6 minutes)
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Act Three: Tender Resignation
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Act Two: Their Eyes Were Watching Tallahassee
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Act One: Dream Weevil
Kim Jong-Il loved movies, but hated all the movies made in North Korea. So he kidnapped a famous South Korean director and his ex-wife—a South Korean film star—locked them up in a villa in North Korea, and forced them to make movies for him. Nancy Updike tells the story.
Act Two: Dunk and Go Nuts
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Act One: Finally
We start with someone getting up the nerve to do something that really, it would be nice to see more often — an apology.