We are living in a golden age for grifters.
Grifting is a thriving industry, and that makes the arrival of 1947sNightmare Alleyon Criterion all the more potent.
Perhaps the greatest trick thatNightmare Alleyhas up its sleeve is casting Power in the role of Stan.
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The film wisely always plays to Powers performance as charming and affable.
Hes not looking to speak to the great beyond or any other carny trick.
Shes not a femme fatale, and on the contrary, shes played as his equal.
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Stan started out at the carnival, but we all live at the carnival now.
In the world ofNightmare Alley, everyone can be grifted, even the grifters.
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