Word: attilio
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...wave of new stage works overseas that put the U.S. in a distinctly unflattering light. In Paris a "savagely satirical impromptu" called George W. Bush or God's Sad Cowboy has been drawing crowds since reopening in late Mayafter closing for two weeks when its writer-director, Attilio Maggiulli, was beaten up by a couple of pro-Bush thugs. (Talk about satirical impromptus.) It portrays the U.S. President as a spoiled 6-year-old who sucks his thumb and plays toy soldiers with his pal Tony Blair. By the end of the play, Bush is trying to annex the entire...
...hyperbolically grainy picture of Orson Welles as King Lear, stands out. A double exposure of the guitarist Sharon Isbin superimposes the guitar on her hair in a manner that, if not entirely original, is pleasing. Perhaps the most enigmatic image of the show is a distorted portrait of Attilio Pierelli, an Italian sculptor, poet, playwright and dentist, shot at an exhibition of his at the Zabriskie Gallery in New York. But these are scattered without effect amid the straightforward portraits of, say, Dean Martin and Jerry Lewis. Nonetheless, though a misnomer, this is not a show to be missed...