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'Moonlight': A Cinematic Poem Of Love, Loneliness And Coming Out 

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The highly-praised movie "Moonlight" opens today in select cities. It's a drama about a black man's coming of age in South Florida, a story of trouble, trauma² and unexpected grace. In a moment, we'll hear with actor Mahershala Ali, who provides some of that grace. But first, critic Bob Mondello reviews "Moonlight."

BOB MONDELLO, BYLINE³: Chiron is a skinny 10-year-old hiding out from bullies⁴ who want to beat him up when he's spotted⁵ and rescued by the neighborhood drug dealer⁷.

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MAHERSHALA ALI: (As Juan) I found him yesterday. He's scared more than anything. He wouldn't tell me where he lived until this morning.

MONDELLO: I hear what you're thinking - frying pan to fire. And in most movies, you'd be right. But the dealer, played with fatherly restraint by Mahershala Ali, rather startlingly becomes the most affirmative figure in Chiron's young life, offering advice that helps bring him out of his shell.

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ALI: (As Juan) At some point, you got to decide for yourself who you're going to be - can't let nobody make that decision for you.

MONDELLO: Even teaching him to swim.

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ALI: (As Juan) I got you, I promise you. I'm not going to let you go. Hey, man, I got you.

MONDELLO: Flash forward half a dozen years - Chiron in high school, still being bullied⁸, not leased by his crack-addicted mom.

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NAOMIE HARRIS: (As Paula) Give me the damn money.

ASHTON SANDERS: (As Chiron) Mama, come on.

HARRIS: (As Paula) Give me the damn money.

SANDERS: (As Chiron) All right, all right.

MONDELLO: But Chiron is also backed up - most of the time, anyway - by his only friend, a kid named Kevin, who knows how to make Chiron feel safe letting down his guard.

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JHARREL JEROME: (As Kevin) That breeze feel good as hell, man.

SANDERS: (As Chiron) Yeah, it do.

JEROME: (As Kevin) You know, sometimes around the way where we live, you can catch that same breeze. It just comes through the hood⁶, and it's like everything stop for a second. Everything just gets quiet, you know?

SANDERS: (As Chiron) And it's like all you can hear is your own heartbeat.

JEROME: (As Kevin) It make you want to cry it feels so good.

SANDERS: (As Chiron) You cry?

JEROME: (As Kevin) Nah, it makes me want to.

MONDELLO: A moment of physical intimacy⁹ there on the beach confirms something for Chiron. "Moonlight" is both a coming-of-age and a coming-out story. But the world won't let this kid be, so life takes another turn, as does what has by now become an electrifying¹⁰ film.

Director Barry Jenkins tells Chiron's story in three chapters with three differently astonishing actors inhabiting the character - adolescent Alex Hibbert, so shy he can barely speak, teenaged Ashton Sanders, an open wound trying to heal, and buff Trevante Rhodes, camouflaging¹¹ Chiron's adult vulnerability within his bulked-up body.

"Moonlight," at once delicate and urgent, is based on a play but amounts to a cinematic poem - a staggering take on love and loneliness wrapped in imagery that shimmers¹² like - well, like moonlight. I'm Bob Mondello.

1 browser   

n.浏览者

参考例句：

• View edits in a web browser.在浏览器中看编辑的效果。
• I think my browser has a list of shareware links.我想在浏览器中会有一系列的共享软件链接。

2 trauma   

n.外伤，精神创伤

参考例句：

• Counselling is helping him work through this trauma.心理辅导正帮助他面对痛苦。
• The phobia may have its root in a childhood trauma.恐惧症可能源于童年时期的创伤。

3 byline   

n.署名；v.署名

参考例句：

• His byline was absent as well.他的署名也不见了。
• We wish to thank the author of this article which carries no byline.我们要感谢这篇文章的那位没有署名的作者。

4 bullies   

n.欺凌弱小者, 开球 vt.恐吓, 威胁, 欺负

参考例句：

• Standing up to bullies takes plenty of backbone. 勇敢地对付暴徒需有大无畏精神。
• Bullies can make your life hell. 恃强欺弱者能让你的日子像活地狱。

5 spotted   

adj.有斑点的，斑纹的，弄污了的

参考例句：

• The milkman selected the spotted cows,from among a herd of two hundred.牛奶商从一群200头牛中选出有斑点的牛。
• Sam's shop stocks short spotted socks.山姆的商店屯积了有斑点的短袜。

6 hood   

n.头巾，兜帽，覆盖；v.罩上，以头巾覆盖

参考例句：

• She is wearing a red cloak with a hood.她穿着一件红色带兜帽的披风。
• The car hood was dented in.汽车的发动机罩已凹了进去。

7 dealer   

n.商人，贩子

参考例句：

• The dealer spent hours bargaining for the painting.那个商人为购买那幅画花了几个小时讨价还价。
• The dealer reduced the price for cash down.这家商店对付现金的人减价优惠。

8 bullied   

adj.被欺负了v.恐吓，威逼( bully的过去式和过去分词 )

参考例句：

• My son is being bullied at school. 我儿子在学校里受欺负。
• The boy bullied the small girl into giving him all her money. 那男孩威逼那个小女孩把所有的钱都给他。 来自《简明英汉词典》

9 intimacy   

n.熟悉，亲密，密切关系，亲昵的言行

参考例句：

• His claims to an intimacy with the President are somewhat exaggerated.他声称自己与总统关系密切，这有点言过其实。
• I wish there were a rule book for intimacy.我希望能有个关于亲密的规则。

10 electrifying   

v.使电气化( electrify的现在分词 )；使兴奋

参考例句：

• The dancers gave an electrifying performance. 舞蹈演员们的表演激动人心。
• The national orchestra gave an electrifying performance of classic music. 国家交响乐团举行了一次古典音乐的震撼性演出。 来自辞典例句

11 camouflaging   

v.隐蔽( camouflage的现在分词 )；掩盖；伪装，掩饰

参考例句：

• Camouflaging an ammunition ship with the red cross is a filthy trick. 用红十字伪装一艘弹药船是下流的勾当。 来自辞典例句
• Lecture 2: Prefrontal Cortex and the Neural Basis of Cognitive Control. 课程单元2：额前皮质与认知控制的神经基础。 来自互联网

12 shimmers   

n.闪闪发光，发微光( shimmer的名词复数 )v.闪闪发光，发微光( shimmer的第三人称单数 )

参考例句：

• The hot pavement sent up shimmers. 晒热的道路浮起热气晃动的景象。 来自辞典例句
• Sunlight shimmers on the waters of the bay. 阳光在海湾的水面上闪烁。 来自辞典例句