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...item which piqued my interest and initiated my observations was actually a T-shirt. Produced by one of the campus Christian groups, the backside defiantly proclaimed "Nietzsche is dead"--obviously an attempt at a witty counterclaim to Nietzsche's "God is Dead." Now there is something clever about this, if, say, the claim were about something a little less weighty than the existence of God or the afterlife...
...uninspiring sentiment has gotten altogether out of hand, a testament to the built-in fecundity of the banal. There appeared on posters: "Life is Short: Play Women's Rugby," as well as "Life is Short: Pray Hard." One activity put it on posters without even bothering to make a "clever" adjustment--simply "Life is Short...Play Hard," followed by the organization's name. To the publicity directors of the offending organizations, here is a message in terms you will understand: "My fuse is short, don't try so hard." These posters only convince me that their creators have nothing...
There is no doubt that commercialism has reached its high tide, and organized religion its low ebb, when the faithful shill for the Prince of Peace, slogan courtesy of the "King of Beers." Perhaps the clever Budweiser motif can continue. Maybe we'll soon see bumper stickers emblazoned with the logo, "Jesus: Proud to be Your Bud!" It may be crass, but it will sure be an attention-grabber...
Statesmen preen with the conceit that they can alter the forces of history and cool the passions of humanity with their bold leadership or clever diplomacy, and on occasion they do. But in the case of ingrained historic hatreds, true change can come only from the volition of the peoples involved. For reasons that can be explained by hardheaded circumstance -- though not fully understood -- men wake up one morning exhausted by their enmity and replace it with more rational considerations, a resetting of the psychic gyroscope that finally counts the cost of hatred too high. From that point, peace...
...Lune (which became a movie with Michelle Pfeiffer and Al Pacino) and the funny-poignant Lips Together, Teeth Apart (which is now playing in Los Angeles). Among his dozens of plays are daft farces (The Ritz, Bad Habits), an Emmy-winning TV play (Andre's Mother) and a clever sitcom (Mama Malone), but nothing so eloquent, capacious and true as A Perfect Ganesh...