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...when you need a black character. It’s nonsensical,” Coles says. If Wilson and Brustein represent two polarized schools of thought—the self-described “race man” and the “colorblind” theatre critic??Coles and Strong fall squarely in the middle. Both of them expressed a desire to promote the works of black playwrights like Wilson, whose corpus might not be as well-known as that of Tennessee Williams. The other part of their mission is to change the way students perceive theatre...
Finkelstein, who is in his sixth year at DePaul, said in an interview yesterday that Frankfurter Professor of Law Alan M. Dershowitz—perhaps his most outspoken critic??was responsible for leading the effort to deny him tenure...
...corruption, and the like—Trachtenberg uncovers the small and forgotten parts of our past that have helped forge a common American culture. Trachtenberg’s work is not an easy pleasure, but it’s refreshing to read the thoughts of such a thoughtful cultural critic??if you can persevere.—Reviewer Madeline K. B. Ross can be reached at mross@fas.harvard.edu...
...Remorse,” respectively, Rich likens the book’s narrative to a two-act play. If this were a play, Rich—who was branded “The Butcher of Broadway” during his New York Times tenure as chief theatre critic??has just given the Bush administration the worst possible review...
...another point of contention revolved around his Hollywood friendships and the impartiality demanded by the Times pulpit. Harvey Weinstein, the former Miramax head and one of the most powerful men in Hollywood, notoriously put his arm around Mitchell and said he was his “favorite film critic?? after the premiere screening of the 2001 John Cusack romantic comedy Serendipity, according to The New York Observer...