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A lesson on useless moral poses from an old Hollywood movie

I can’t remember when I last saw the Robert Rossen All the King’s Men, but when I rewatched it this week I found some surprises. Some bits I recalled very clearly — like when Stark falls down drunk on the Governor’s mansion stairs, for example, and his conflicted flunky Jack Burden suddenly chews him out — mainly because it’s such an awkward moment, and…