How will a man who has spent the last half-century in Washington, who survived -- both literally and figuratively -- through sheer grit and an unbending will to live, fare in a small-town hospital, stripped of the Capitol's pomp and circumstance?
Another feature seemingly alluring to the crowds is the "Live Fare" option, which allows the rider to see the fare calculated in real time as the trip progresses.
How did the young people in your lives fare?
"We demand living wage fares, no pool fares, protection from exploitation, union representation," read one big green sign held up by one Uber driver, a middle-aged black man with a tan jacket and blue pork pie hat.
This is the only time I can recall hearing my own children, who have lately traded in animated Nickelodeon shows for the more sophisticated tweener live-action fare on the Disney Channel, complain that a movie was too short.
There are entire disks devoted to Bugs Bunny and to Porky Pig, valuable documentaries, and a collection of wartime cartoons, but the set's crucial offering is a disk of "Hollywood Caricatures and Parodies," which explores the close connections between Warner Brothers' great cartoons and its live-action fare.
In live-action fare, the group, which represents a breadth of professionals in the effects industry, smiled on "Rise of the Planet of the Apes," "Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 2," "Transformers: Dark of the Moon," "Captain America," "Hugo" and "War Horse," among others.
This film records the play's 2006 LA staging: hardly standard live-event fare, it's closer to Mike Figgis or Michael Almereyda's experiments in giving perilously archaic texts a scholarly redesign, shot by Miss Julie's Benoît Delhomme in dynamic close-ups that capture the players thinking their way through Wilde's tricky, arguably misogynist scenario.
Vulnerable groups, such as those facing chronic illness and those with unstable living arrangements, fare especially poorly as they transition to adulthood.
But when it comes to live-action fare, the comedy chameleon's ride has been far less smooth in recent years.
