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Will Patton is one of those character actors in movies and television that many people know by sight but not by name. Often, he plays a villain or someone who appears to be a good guy but turns out to be a bad guy. Possibly his best-known hero role was that of the white high school football coach who was bumped out of the head job by Denzel Washington’s character in the excellent sports movie, “Remember the Titans.”
Patton, 56, a native of Charleston, S.C., may be most valuable to arts lovers, though, as a narrator or voice actor in the presentation of audio books — on tape, CD or disc.
Readers of James Lee Burke, in fact, likely consider Patton a national treasure for his narration of Burke’s Dave Robicheaux series about a New Orleans detective and other books featuring the author’s regular characters.
I don’t know how good Patton is compared with other voice actors. But I do know he has me feeling hung over after he delivers a Robicheaux fall from the wagon or like I’m dying for a canteen of water after hearing him describe a Hackberry Holland walk through the West Texas dust in the most recent “Rain Gods.”
He’s a well-respected character actor but among audio book fans of Burke, Patton is a superstar.
I’m not sure I understand the decision by Arkansas Scholarship Lottery director Ernie Passailaigue to not accept debit cards on payment for lottery.
The point of a debit card is that the user has the money in his checking account.
Maybe the debit-card system hasn’t reached South Carolina, the state from which we stole the director by offering him WAY TOO MUCH money.
As one of many people who no longer carries cash, such a ridiculous rule means I won’t be buying nearly as many tickets on impulse as I would have.
Sorry, college-bound kids. Tell it to Uncle Ernie!
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