You wouldn’t want a documentary about Tom Wolfe to mimic his style. That could be challenging (just imagine all the on-screen exclamation marks!!!!!!!, idioSYNcratic CAPITALIZATION, and onomatopoeic spelling) not to mention possibly embarrassing.
But it would have been gratifying to see Richard Dewey’s ‘Radical Wolfe’ documentary show a dash of its subject’s moxie, damn-the-torpedoes bravery, and cynicism-stung wit.
READ MORE: Fall Film Preview: 60+ Most Anticipated Movies To Watch Solidly entertaining, if a bit thin, the film never gets more than a centimeter under Wolfe’s seemingly impervious skin.
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