cv167_16376.txt

roberto_NP
benigni_???
is_BEZ
a_DT
clown_NN
in_IN
the_DT
tradition_NN
of_IN
chaplin_NP
and_CC
keaton_NP
._.
this_DT
italian_JJ
film_NN
star_NN
,_,
best_JJS
known_JJ
in_CD
the_DT
united_JJ
states_NNS
for_IN
the_DT
poorly_RB
received_VBN
son_NN
of_IN
the_DT
pink_JJ
panther_NN
,_,
has_HVZ
done_DON
the_DT
near_JJ
impossible_JJ
by_IN
creating_VBG
a_DT
comic_NN
fable_NN
about_IN
the_DT
holocaust_NP
._.
but_CC
benigni_???
's_NNS
life_NN
is_BEZ
beautiful_JJ
(_(
la_NP
vita_NP
e_NN
bella_NN
)_)
is_BEZ
not_XNOT
so_RB
much_DT
a_DT
story_NN
of_IN
the_DT
holocaust_NP
as_IN
it_PP
uses_VBZ
that_CS
monstrous_JJ
outrage_NN
against_IN
humanity_NN
as_IN
a_DT
backdrop_NN
to_IN
tell_VB
a_NP
story_NN
of_IN
familial_JJ
love_NN
,_,
devotion_NN
and_CC
sacrifice_NN
._.
the_DT
movie_NN
starts_VBZ
out_RP
as_IN
a_DT
typical_JJ
slapstick_NN
farce_NN
with_IN
benigni_???
's_NNS
guido_NN
arriving_VBG
in_IN
the_DT
small_JJ
tuscan_JJ
town_NN
of_IN
arezzo_NP
in_IN
1938_CD
to_IN
fulfill_NP
his_PP$
dream_NN
of_IN
owning_VBG
a_DT
bookstore_IN
._.
like_IN
many_DT
of_IN
the_DT
slapstick_NN
clowns_NNS
who_WP
preceded_VBD
him_PP
,_,
most_DT
notably_RB
the_DT
almost-forgotten_NN
harry_NP
langdon_NP
,_,
benigni_???
's_NNS
guido_NN
has_HVZ
a_DT
childlike_JJ
innocence_NN
._.
he_PP
ignores_VBZ
the_DT
growing_JJ
anti-semitism_NN
of_IN
the_DT
fascist_JJ
government_NN
._.
instead_RB
,_,
guido_NN
ardently_RB
falls_VBZ
in_IN
love_NN
and_CC
persues_NNS
dora_???
,_,
a_DT
local_JJ
school_NN
teacher_NN
who_WP
already_RB
is_BEZ
engaged_VBN
to_IN
a_DT
local_JJ
fascist_JJ
official_NN
._.
in_IN
benigni_???
's_NNS
tightly_RB
wound_VBN
script_NN
this_DT
is_BEZ
the_DT
same_DT
fascist_JJ
official_JJ
with_IN
whom_WP
guido_NP
had_HVD
an_DT
earlier_RBR
unfortunate_JJ
-_-
yet_RB
slapstick_NP
-_-
encounter_NN
._.
guido_NP
wins_VBZ
dora_???
._.
they_PP
marry_VB
._.
fast_RB
forward_RB
about_IN
five_CD
years_NNS
._.
guido_NN
,_,
dora_???
,_,
and_CC
their_PP$
5-year-old_NN
son_NN
,_,
giosue_NN
?_?
(_)
giorgio_???
cantarini_FW
)_(
are_BER
a_DT
happy_JJ
family_NN
._.
guido_NP
has_HVZ
finally_RB
fulfilled_VBN
his_PP$
dream_NN
of_IN
opening_NN
a_DT
bookstore_IN
._.
but_CC
racial_JJ
and_CC
anti-semitic_JJ
tensions_NNS
are_BER
on_IN
the_DT
rise_NN
in_IN
italy_NP
,_,
and_CC
guido_NN
has_HVZ
determined_VBN
to_IN
do_DO
his_PP$
best_JJS
to_TO
shield_VB
his_PP$
son_NN
from_IN
these_DT
harsh_JJ
realities_NNS
._.
the_DT
task_NN
becomes_VBZ
even_RB
the_DT
more_DT
difficult_JJ
when_CS
the_DT
family_NN
is_BEZ
deported_VBN
to_IN
a_DT
concentration_NN
camp_NN
._.
here_RB
,_,
guido_NN
must_MD
use_VB
all_PDT
his_PP$
skill_NN
and_CC
imagination_NN
not_XNOT
only_RB
to_IN
shield_NN
his_PP$
son_NN
,_,
but_CC
to_IN
keep_NN
him_PP
from_IN
being_BEG
exterminated_VBN
._.
it_PP
is_BEZ
at_IN
this_DT
juncture_NN
in_IN
life_NN
is_BEZ
beautiful_JJ
may_NP
tend_VB
to_TO
offend_VB
those_DT
whom_WP
the_DT
holocaust_NP
has_HVZ
touched_VBN
._.
for_IN
the_DT
scenes_NNS
in_IN
the_DT
concentration_NN
camp_NN
lack_NN
the_DT
horror_NN
,_,
the_DT
pain_NN
,_,
the_DT
unimaginable_JJ
suffering_NN
of_IN
a_DT
schindler_NN
's_POS
list_NN
._.
true_JJ
,_,
many_DT
italian_JJ
jews_NNS
were_BED
not_XNOT
deported_VBN
until_CS
the_DT
war_NN
was_BEDZ
nearly_RB
over_IN
,_,
and_CC
most_DT
were_BED
not_XNOT
sent_VBN
to_IN
the_DT
death_NN
camps_NNS
,_,
but_CC
to_IN
work_NN
camps_NNS
where_CS
they_PP
were_BED
used_VBN
as_IN
slave_NN
labor_NP
._.
unlike_IN
steven_NP
spielberg_NP
,_,
benigni_???
is_BEZ
not_XNOT
out_RP
to_IN
tell_VB
the_DT
story_NN
of_IN
the_DT
holocaust_NP
._.
his_PP$
story_NN
is_BEZ
about_IN
family_NN
and_CC
the_DT
lengths_NNS
a_DT
parent_NN
will_MD
go_VB
to_IN
protect_VB
a_NP
child_NN
._.
for_IN
guido_NP
,_,
to_IN
save_NN
his_PP$
son_NN
,_,
transforms_VBZ
the_DT
entire_JJ
experience_NN
into_IN
an_DT
elaborate_JJ
game_NN
._.
giosue_NN
?_?
must_MD
follow_VB
the_DT
rules_NNS
without_IN
question_NN
to_IN
amass_NN
000_CD
,_,
000_CD
points_NNS
._.
the_DT
winner_NN
takes_VBZ
home_NN
a_DT
tank_NN
._.
therefore_RB
,_,
guido_NN
tells_VBZ
him_PP
,_,
he_PP
must_MD
remain_VB
hidden_JJ
in_IN
the_DT
barracks_NN
._.
he_PP
cannot_NN
make_VB
a_DT
sound_NN
nor_CC
allow_VB
the_DT
guards_NNS
to_IN
see_NN
him_PP
._.
guido_NP
explains_VBZ
this_DT
during_IN
a_DT
hilarious_JJ
sequence_NN
when_CS
a_DT
german_JJ
guard_NN
barks_NNS
the_DT
camp_NN
instructions_NNS
to_IN
the_DT
newly_RB
arrived_VBN
inmates_NNS
._.
guido_NN
,_,
lying_VBG
that_CS
he_PP
understands_VBZ
german_JJ
and_CC
can_MD
translate_VB
for_IN
his_PP$
fellow_NN
prisoners_NNS
,_,
instead_RB
lays_VBZ
down_RP
the_DT
rules_NNS
for_IN
his_PP$
son_NN
to_IN
allow_VB
him_PP
a_DT
chance_NN
to_IN
survive_VB
._.
throughout_IN
their_PP$
imprisonment_NN
,_,
guido_NN
's_POS
quick_JJ
thinking_NN
continually_RB
keeps_VBZ
his_PP$
son_NN
from_IN
harm_NN
's_POS
way_NN
._.
ultimately_RB
,_,
the_DT
allies_NNS
rescue_VB
the_DT
camp_NN
._.
in_IN
a_DT
poignant_JJ
scene_NN
,_,
giosue_NN
?_?
comes_VBZ
out_RP
of_IN
hiding_VBG
just_RB
as_IN
an_DT
american_JJ
tank_NN
rolls_NNS
into_IN
the_DT
compound_NN
._.
the_DT
boy_NN
goes_VBZ
wide-eyed_JJ
with_IN
wonderment_NN
and_CC
delight_NN
,_,
thinking_VBG
he_PP
has_HVZ
won_VBN
the_DT
game_NN
._.
the_DT
price_NN
for_IN
his_PP$
victory_NN
is_BEZ
most_DT
high_JJ
._.
benigni_???
has_HVZ
succeeded_VBD
in_CD
using_VBG
the_DT
blackest_JJS
moment_NN
in_IN
human_JJ
history_NN
to_IN
prove_VB
that_RB
even_RB
in_IN
hell_NN
,_,
a_DT
ray_NP
of_IN
hope_NN
and_CC
salvation_NN
can_MD
penetrate_VB
the_DT
darkness_NN
._.
life_NN
is_BEZ
beautiful_JJ
is_BEZ
a_DT
fantasy_NN
,_,
a_DT
fable_NN
._.
it_PP
is_BEZ
not_XNOT
to_TO
be_BE
taken_VBN
as_IN
a_DT
record_NN
of_IN
the_DT
holocaust_NP
._.
those_DT
who_WP
object_VB
to_TO
it_PP
are_BER
missing_VBG
its_PP$
point_NN
._.
and_CC
that_CS
is_BEZ
simply_RB
where_CS
there_EX
is_BEZ
hope_NN
,_,
where_CS
there_EX
is_BEZ
life_NN
and_CC
where_CS
there_EX
is_BEZ
love_NN
,_,
the_DT
spark_NN
of_IN
humanity_NN
will_MD
never_RB
be_BE
extinguished_VBN
._.
committed_VBN
to_IN
lifelong_JJ
learning_NN
through_IN
effective_JJ
communication_NN