{"id":48080,"date":"2014-11-12T23:07:57","date_gmt":"2014-11-13T06:07:57","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/2014\/11\/12\/the-joy-of-john-hurt.html"},"modified":"2014-11-12T23:07:57","modified_gmt":"2014-11-13T06:07:57","slug":"the-joy-of-john-hurt","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/2014\/11\/12\/the-joy-of-john-hurt.html","title":{"rendered":"The Joy of John Hurt"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>I first encountered Hurt as the mad emperor Caligula  in &quot;l, Claudius&quot; &#8212; and have enjoyed his performances since, whenever I&#39;ve encountered them.<\/p>\n<p>(I&#39;m glad they included his role as Prof. &quot;Broom&quot; in <i>Hellboy,<\/i> though they don&#39;t include his best moments, at the very end of his role there.)<\/p>\n<p>(h\/t <span class=\"proflinkWrapper\"><span class=\"proflinkPrefix\">+<\/span><a class=\"proflink\" href=\"https:\/\/plus.google.com\/104995089749643407284\" oid=\"104995089749643407284\">Doug Dunfee<\/a><\/span>)<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<div><iframe type='text\/html' width='100%' height='385' src='https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/YMUqWdQQgbw' frameborder='0'><\/iframe><\/div>\n<p><span style='font-size:small;'><a href='https:\/\/plus.google.com\/101083456815352083930\/posts\/PNVkM5nf363'>View on Google+<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I first encountered Hurt as the mad emperor Caligula in &quot;l, Claudius&quot; &#8212; and have enjoyed his performances since, whenever I&#39;ve encountered them. 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