{"id":595,"date":"2006-03-29T09:23:56","date_gmt":"2006-03-29T14:23:56","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.artsjournal.com\/riley\/wp\/2006\/03\/sharon_stones_chinatown\/"},"modified":"2006-03-29T09:23:56","modified_gmt":"2006-03-29T14:23:56","slug":"sharon_stones_chinatown","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.artsjournal.com\/riley\/2006\/03\/sharon_stones_chinatown\/","title":{"rendered":"SHARON STONE&#8217;S CHINATOWN"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>This time, <B><br \/>\nDAVID HOUSEMAN<br \/>\n<\/B>plays a <i>law-enforcement psychiatrist<\/i> whose sleazier than a British MP&#8230; And if its spread-eagle teaser is anywhere near as original as its title (<a href=\"http:\/\/www.sonypictures.com\/movies\/basicinstinct2\/\" target=\"_blank\">BASIC INSTINCT 2)<\/A> then [snarky riposte]&#8230;<br \/>\n<BR><BR><br \/>\n<B>HAD WE BUT WORLD ENOUGH<\/B> <BR><BR><br \/>\nI&#8217;d like to see <http:\/\/www.independent.co.uk\/search\/simple.do?publicationId=55&#038;includeSectionId=145&#038;xsuccessUrl=index.jsp%3FtemplateName%3Dresult&#038;xerrorUrl=index.jsp%3FtemplateName%3Dresult&#038;searchEngineName=lucySearch1&#038;includeSubSections=true&#038;pageLength=25&#038;articleType=news&#038;sortString=by_date_desc&#038;maxRows=500&#038;searchString=thomson\" target=\"_blank\">David Thomson<\/a> weigh on the season 5 finale of <B>The Shield<\/B>, which flirted with the tragic (and won its time slot). Best ensemble on television, best extension of Andy Sipowicz&#8217;s flawed moral hero; best guest-stars (Glenn Close, Forest Whitaker);  Best. Cop. Show. Ever.<BR><BR><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.fxnetworks.com\/shows\/originals\/the_shield\/main.html\" target=\"_blank\">Official site<\/A><BR><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.sonypictures.com\/tv\/shows\/theshield\/tvtitle-navigation-2.html\" target=\"_blank\">Sony Pictures site<\/A><BR><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.shieldforum.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">Shield Forum<\/A><BR><BR><br \/>\n<B>MAUL PcCARTNEY&#8217;S GREAT PERFORMANCE<\/B><BR><BR><br \/>\nDespite serenading those astronauts, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.pbs.org\/wnet\/gperf\/shows\/mccartney\/index.html\" target=\"_blank\">this guy<\/A> needs a little more self-esteem, wouldn&#8217;t you say? Doesn&#8217;t everybody know by now sugar is BAD for you?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>This time, DAVID HOUSEMAN plays a law-enforcement psychiatrist whose sleazier than a British MP&#8230; And if its spread-eagle teaser is anywhere near as original as its title (BASIC INSTINCT 2) then [snarky riposte]&#8230; HAD WE BUT WORLD ENOUGH I&#8217;d like to see<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_genesis_hide_title":false,"_genesis_hide_breadcrumbs":false,"_genesis_hide_singular_image":false,"_genesis_hide_footer_widgets":false,"_genesis_custom_body_class":"","_genesis_custom_post_class":"","_genesis_layout":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-595","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","6":"category-main","7":"entry"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.artsjournal.com\/riley\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/595","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.artsjournal.com\/riley\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.artsjournal.com\/riley\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.artsjournal.com\/riley\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.artsjournal.com\/riley\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=595"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.artsjournal.com\/riley\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/595\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.artsjournal.com\/riley\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=595"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.artsjournal.com\/riley\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=595"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.artsjournal.com\/riley\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=595"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}