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3 days ago'The Wizard of the Kremlin' Captures the Rise of Vladimir Putin
Jude Law portrays Putin in The Wizard of the Kremlin, using a fictional media-advisor narrative to reveal Russia’s shift from Soviet rule to czarism.
To be a genius requires extraordinary intellect and talent, but also hard work and persistence. And although the mythology of genius can be problematic because it reduces the collective work that goes into developing scientific breakthroughs to extraordinary individual accomplishments, portrayals of genius in film and literature succeed in dazzling popular audiences.