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Mann astutely argues that Brando was not only a great actor but also a cultural soothsayer, a Cassandra warning us about the challenges to come. Brando's admonitions against the monetization of nearly every aspect of the culture were prescient. His public protests against racial segregation and discrimination at the height of the Civil Rights movement--getting himself arrested at least once--were criticized as being needlessly provocative. Yet those actions of fifty years ago have become a model many actors follow today.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ePsychologically astute and masterfully researched, based on new and revelatory material, \u003cem\u003eThe Contender\u003c\/em\u003e explores the star and the man in full, including the childhood traumas that reverberated through his professional and personal life. 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