Word: bertoit
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...Threepenny Opera. A fine pedigree, extanding from John Gey's 18th Century original. The Begger's Opera, to its adaptation by Bertoit Brecht and Kurt Weill in the twenties, comes through the excellent Leverett House production unbesmirched. The Old Library Theatre sees a bit of the ultra-violence as the Knife spills the opera's good Mend freely. Here comes a big, but there goes the neighborhood...
Security is a fuzzy blanket, or Natural Ice Cream, or Bertoit Brecht. The fuzzy blanket keeps you warm, the Natural Ice Cream keeps you healthy (and fat) and Bert Brecht keeps you happy. For Brecht's world is one where the good guys are really good, and the bad guys are really bad. St. Joan is heroic and noble (and shows those Chicago stockyard bosses); Grusha of The Caucasian Chalk Circle triumphs gloriously over those mean Ironshirt heavies. And those who are neither good nor bad but are in morality's mushy middle are at least nice; Baal of Baal...
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