”Where can you find someone more handsome than me?” he asks the children, leaping onto a desktop. ”Look at the perfection of this ear!” When he waves his hands, he declares, ”They dream about these!” Mr. Benigni clowns so nimbly that he gets as far as celebrating his navel before having to beat a hasty retreat from the room. Continue reading ”Life Is Beautiful” (La Vita è bella): Giving a Human (and Humorous) Face to Rearing a Boy Under Fascism