Robert Blake: Acting crazy for a living
Did you see Robert Blake on the &ldquo;Piers Morgan Show&rdquo; last week? You can catch up with it on the CNN website, even if it&rsquo;s now become a series of bites or takes, with bleeps here and there. It was the movie of the week, where you couldn&rsquo;t take your eyes off the screen and didn&rsquo;t know what to believe. What more can you ask for?
First, the contestants: Piers Morgan is 47, six-feet-one and barely shy of 200 pounds, I&rsquo;d guess. He has a plush, self-satisfied poker face, not too far from David Cameron. Rupert Murdoch appointed him editor of the&nbsp;News of the World, and he then moved on to run the&nbsp;Daily Mirror. In 2011, CNN brought him to America to fill the Larry King slot. He is smart on live television, and tougher than his the pretty-boy face would suggest. But he doesn&rsquo;t know whether he is Edward Murrow or David Frost. He may guess how that dilemma crushed Frost, but still he can&rsquo;t make up his mind.
David Thomson &mdash; &amp;#8220;Pleading Insanity: Why Robert Blake Now Acts Crazy For a Living&amp;#8221;