The Descendants Reviewed by Armond White for CityArts
Thud of Recognition: Payne’s Cynicism Ruins Descendants By Armond White “We Didn’t do anything to own this land. It was entrusted to us,” says George Clooney as Matt King, the mixed-race Hawaii-born lawyer in Alexander Payne’s The Descendants. King’s pronouncement lands with a thud, exposing Payne’s sentimental cynicism. This serio-comedy …