Wednesday in Arts & Letters
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A CANINE SANCHO PANZA
“Wallace and Gromit” make their feature-length debut with “The Curse of the Were-Rabbit.” JAMES BOWMAN likens the servant/master relationship in Nick Park’s film to the mock-heroes of Cervantes – without the cruelty and heartbreak. And here, Mr. Park has broken through the species barrier to produce a claymation duo unlike any other.
THE LAST FOUNDING FATHER
H.W. Brands’s new Andrew Jackson biography is deeply informative, JOHN STEELE GORDON writes, without being in the least hagiographic.
COLONIAL REVIVAL
William Johnson was once a near mythic figure, ADAM KIRSCH writes. Fintan O’Toole brings him back to life.