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March 4 - 10, 2019 Page 3 ACROSS 1. Actor on "God Friended Me" (2) 8. Actor Jay 9. "Alice Doesn't Live __ Anymore"; Ellen Burstyn film 10. Role on "SEAL Team" (2) 14. Cake decorator 15. Actress Sara 16. "__ to a Nightingale" 17. "__ Coast"; 1968 Vera Miles/Richard Boone movie 18. Setting for "Seinfeld": abbr. 19. "__ Wide Shut"; 1999 Tom Cruise film 20. "__ This House"; 2005- 09 A&E series 24. Sept., Oct., etc. 27. "__ of the Planet of the Apes"; 2011 movie 28. Movie channel 29. "__ __ Big Girl Now" 32. "__ She Great"; Bette Midler film 33. Actor on "FBI" (2) 36. Celebration 37. Sean Connery or David McCallum 38. Actress on "Chicago P.D." (2) DOWN 1. Dolly Parton song nominated for a Grammy 2. Actress Maureen & others 3. Suffix for station or cream 4. Actress on "Cheers" 5. Number of seasons for "Friends" 6. Actor Bean 7. Penniless 8. Grandpa Amos __; Walter Brennan's role in a '57-'63 sitcom 11. Initials for Ted Danson's "Cheers" role 12. "Magnum __" 13. __ room; place for a home pool table 14. Store owner on "The Waltons" 20. "The __ Kid"; 1979 Gene Wilder film 21. Boxer Sonny __ 22. "The World __ __ Enough"; 007 movie 23. "Ace Ventura: __ Detective"; Jim Carrey film 24. Hot Lips Houlihan's title on "M*A*S*H": abbr. 25. "The __ Man"; 1971 Charlton Heston movie 26. "Beat it!" 29. Mosque leader 30. "__ Name Is Earl" 31. "__ the World Turns" 34. Actor Ron __ 35. Suffix for violin or art Solution on page 2 CoverStory By George Dickie Tony is a guy firmly stuck in the second stage of grief: anger. And for that the world will pay. In "After Life," which begins streaming Friday, March 8, on Netflix, Ricky Gervais ("The Invention of Lying," the U.K. version of "The Office") is creator, writer and star of this dram - edy that follows the journey of Tony, a small-town En- glish journalist whose idyllic life is rocked to its core by the cancer death of his wife, best friend and love of his life, Lisa (Kerry God - liman, "Derek"). Though she still appears to him in videos made while she was undergoing treatment, they only serve to under - score the gaping void now in his life. Initially suicidal, this oth- erwise nice guy resolves to live long enough to punish the world by saying and doing whatever he wants. So if someone is a jerk, he'll let them know in no uncertain terms — and in Gervais' typically acerbic fashion. That's seen in the open- ing episode, when Tony is confronted in an alleyway by two young toughs de- manding money. At this point, Tony doesn't care if he lives or dies, so he basically tells them where to go and punches one in the face. They go scurrying and he feels an extraordi- nary freedom brought on by a loss of fear. "He's sort of like a verbal vigilante and a bit more," Gervais explains. "And you know, when he gets mugged and he fights back, he would never have done that when his wife was alive. And so I want the audience to vicariously live through his liberty in a sense. Because you know, we hand over our money to a mugger because we might have a baby in a stroller. And he thinks, 'I don't care what happens to me.' He thinks it's a super- power." Gervais plays a widower with a grudge against the world in 'After Life' 5230 Beck Dr. County Rd. 17, Elkhart, IN 46516 (574) 333-3910 Monday - Sunday 6am-3pm "Just like homemade only better" "J st l ke ho e de o ly better" l k h d l b " "Just like homemade only better" "J l k h d l b " "Just like homemade only better" 5230 B k k k k k k k k Dr Dr Dr Dr Co Co Co Co Co Co Co ty ty ty ty R R R Rd. d. d. d. d. 1 1 17, 7, 7, 7, E E E Elk lk lk lk lk lk lkha ha ha hart rt rt rt rt rt IN IN IN IN 4 4 4 4 465 65 65 6516 16 16 16

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