Word: brill
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...author of the Harper's harpooning is Steven Brill, 25, a freelancer out of Yale and the Yale Law School who was once an assistant to former New York Mayor John V. Lindsay. Last March Brill wrote a scathing piece for New York magazine called "George Wallace Is Even Worse Than You Think He Is." Brill swears that he interviewed George Wallace; Wallace and members of his staff deny that an interview ever took place. Brill also conducted a ten-month study for Americans for Democratic Action to prove that Senator Henry Jackson is not a liberal on domestic...
...early as last November, reporters heard rumors that Brill was out to do a hatchet job on Jimmy Carter. Brill maintains, "I expected it to be a positive piece, but it didn't turn out that way." Says Clay Felker, editor of New York magazine, where Brill is a contributing editor: "He's a fantastic reporter, a trained lawyer who is not afraid to look at documents for the facts." A Washington-based political correspondent has another opinion. "Brill is a hit man," he says with concern. "He's the liberal enforcer...
...lead role, Marty Brill's performance is impressive. His expressions, gestures and inflection capture the nuances of Lenny's character. He plays off the audience with such poise that one really gets the feeling of seeing a night club...
...Brill shows considerable versatility in portraying Lenny both as a successful comedian and a man struggling for his livelihood and the respect of his peers. The second act is dominated by scenes that expose Lenny's personal deterioration from the stresses of litigation and legal stumbling blocks, and Brill handles these with as much sensitivity as his comic routines in the first...
Lenny really gets into the spirit of St. Bruce, the Martyr, but it's hard to see how the abysmal TV comedian Marty Brill can pull it off; so this remains a good bet only fro enthusiasts. Charles Playhouse, Tues.-Fri. at 8 p.m. Saturday, 6 and 9:30 p.m., Sunday...