Word: comic
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...writing to express our concern over your weekly comic strip "Jody", which appears in the What Is to Be Done?. The punchline of a recent strip featured a large man struggling to get into his jeans and complaining that they "must have shrunk again." Many of the "Jody" strips in the past have made similar digs at the weight of this character, who is degradingly termed...
Judy Melinek's startling production of The Poker Session, by Hugh Leonard, deals out an enthralling theatrical experience that deserves and demands a full house at the Loeb Experimental Theater. Under T.J. Mitchell's direction this superb cast delivers a seamless and chilling performance of a darkly comic morality play turned horror story...
...play maintains a comic pitch even at its most tense and powerful moments. Billy turns his sense of betrayal and anger into a catalyst for self-knowledge as he incessantly jokes about his illness throughout the play. But this comic element underscores the paradox that the play adresses: the "insane" are more sane than the "sane." As Teddy jokes to Irene at one point, "He's insane, you know, which is advantageous...because it's curable, while sanity...
...language of this play is comic, precise and lyrical, and every member of the cast delivers the text with perfect sensitivity and meaning. The interaction between the actors on stage is engaging, and the pace of the dialogue, delivered in a rich Irish brogue, is carefully crafted and natural. Hammel excels in his depiction of Billy's solipsism, anger and sense of justice. Hammel portrays Billy's highly complex character with a combination of humor, melancholy, wisdom and power. This is a stunningly well-executed play; it is a shame that The Poker Session runs only one weekend...
...allegedly the brainchild of Michael Cesar, 48, a felon who formerly ran a similar service under the name DIAL-A- JOINT. Now Cesar faces serious time in a joint of a different kind. Last week he was arrested by New York City narcotics officers at his Greenwich Village comic-book shop -- where cops on the scene noticed a conspicuous absence of comic books -- and charged with possession of reefer madness. Conspiracy counts are likely to follow...