Word: auletta
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...press conference, became more subdued as he suffered the contempt of his colleagues. "The public looks at us as people who make judgments about character,'' said nbc News Washington Bureau Chief Tim Russert. "When they see one of us lying, it hurts everyone." Added New Yorker media columnist Ken Auletta: "The issue of cover-up became the issue. Maynard Parker allowed something to go into publication that he knew was untrue. Here's Newsweek requesting an interview with Admiral Boorda to ask him whether he had lied about the medals on his chest. We have the same right...
...Robert Auletta is one such playwright, and his "modern adaptation" of the classic Moliere comedy Tartuffe now playing at the American Repertory Theatre proves that some texts should be left alone...
Moliere's Tartuffe is a clever, funny play about religious hypocrisy in 17th century France. Auletta's version does not change the plot, but blatantly directs the satire at televangelists and the religious right. And it is funny. But not always for the right reasons...
...biggest laughs come from the bizarre anachronistic changes and crass one-liners. "Dorine, shut the fuck up!" is not really funny by itself. Injected into a 322-year-old text, it is hysterical. But it is also cheap. Auletta's changes are so self-conscious that Dorine, while discussing her mistress's illness and the use of leeches to cure it, comments to the audience how odd it is that they are making all these modern references and have no idea what modern medicine is. Why didn't Auletta just change Moliere's references to leeches, too? Because he wanted...
...While Auletta's script is somewhat annoying, with a few exceptions the rest of the production is wonderful. Like virtually every ART show, the set and lighting is mesmerizing...