Arts

America is under attack. Not by some shadowy group of extremists, but at the hairy-knuckled hands of a gangly TV reporter from Kazakhstan.

As its title suggests, Babel is about the varieties and limits of communication. More specifically, it's about the language of violence and fear, the ways that physical pain, national boundaries and class distinctions shape relationships.

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