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REESE WITHERSPOON AL'S 'FAIR' SHE PLAYS A SCHEMING SOCIAL CLIMBER IN HER LATEST FILM, BUT OFF- SCREEN THE STAR IS SINCERELY DOWN TO EARTH

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From: The Boston Globe
Date: 20040829
Author:Jean Tang, Globe Correspondent

NEW YORK - Reese Witherspoon wants America to stop running.

The rat race, that is. She expresses the wish while talking about her newest movie, "Vanity Fair," an adaptation of William Makepeace Thackeray's 19th-century fable on the downsides of ambition.

At first glance, it seems strange that the limits of upward mobility should be of concern to Witherspoon. Since making her feature debut with the 1991 teen romance "Man in the Moon," the 28- year-old actress has risen to be one of America's preeminent movie stars. She describes herself as a perfectionist, and one of her star- making turns was ...

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