{"id":1714,"date":"2007-02-13T15:40:00","date_gmt":"2007-02-13T15:40:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/filmchat\/2007\/02\/g-k-chesterton-has-a-bacon-number-of-4\/"},"modified":"2007-02-13T15:40:00","modified_gmt":"2007-02-13T15:40:00","slug":"g-k-chesterton-has-a-bacon-number-of-4","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/filmchat\/2007\/02\/g-k-chesterton-has-a-bacon-number-of-4.html","title":{"rendered":"G.K. Chesterton has a Bacon number of 4."},"content":{"rendered":"\n<\/head>

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Kevin Bacon, that is. So says the Oracle of Bacon<\/a>:<\/span><\/p>\n

G.K. Chesterton<\/a> was in Rosy Rapture (1914)<\/a> with George Bernard Shaw<\/a>
George Bernard Shaw<\/a> was in Masks and Faces (1917)<\/a> with Fabia Drake<\/a>
Fabia Drake<\/a> was in Valmont (1989)<\/a> with Colin Firth<\/a>
Colin Firth<\/a> was in Where the Truth Lies (2005)<\/a> with Kevin Bacon<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Such a small world. And if we think beyond onscreen appearances in movies, I myself am only two degrees separated from Kevin Bacon, if only because I have interviewed Atom Egoyan<\/a> twice \u2014 a one-on-one interview in 1994, followed by a roundtable interview in 1997 \u2014 and Egoyan directed Bacon in Where the Truth Lies<\/i>.<\/span><\/p>\n

Though come to think of it, I also met Frankie Muniz<\/a> at the junket for Racing Stripes<\/a><\/i> (2005; my review<\/a>) a couple years ago, and Bacon played Muniz\u2019s dad in My Dog Skip<\/a><\/i> (2000). I\u2019m sure there are lots of other ways we could connect the dots, too.<\/p>\n<\/body><\/html>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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