Word: devils
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...Randy Newman's Faust. The Lord (Ken Page) and the devil (David Garrison) face off once again, this time singing Newman's wonderfully tuneful score. In its second stage incarnation, at Chicago's Goodman Theatre, the musical still has book problems (despite help from David Mamet), and could use some Broadway-class choreography, but it's great...
...following, opening an unusually lively colloquy. It is the nature of computer networks that they tend to throw together people who would otherwise never meet--never mind discuss something as intimate as one's personal beliefs. Thus on the Internet, Catholics suddenly find themselves keyboard-to-keyboard with devil worshippers, Jews modem-to-modem with Islamic fundamentalists. "I put the [Reverend Moon's] Unification Church right up there with the wonderful world of Mormon," someone with the screen name Marzioli posted recently on a Usenet newsgroup. The next message snapped back, "Marz, you are an ignorant disinformationist. Wake...
...other poisons. Then comes the afternoon that is set aside for atonement on the subject of marijuana. Now the chastened air gives way to argument. The house divides along generational lines. The oldest of the sinners (mostly age 50 or older) nod agreement with the official message: Yes, indeed--devil weed. The baby boomers, however, with their rich pharmaceutical histories, begin to snigger and squirm. "Give me a break!" rings out in the hall. The youngest members of the congregation (some in their teens) sit in bewilderment, trying to decide whether to support the geezers or the boomers...
...while President Clinton's legacy as a complex, fin-de-siecle character seems assured, his status as Kennedyesque trendsetter remains in doubt. His fondness for the mystery novels of Walter Mosley may have briefly nudged the author of Devil in a Blue Dress onto the best-seller lists--but don't bother looking on the current network-TV schedule for any series by famous friend-of-Bill producers Linda Bloodworth-Thomason and Harry Thomason (their most recent show, Woman of the House, was swiftly canceled in 1995). As for setting a sartorial agenda, fashion-industry sources say the President...
Disney usually releases an animated feature for the holiday season, but this year the studio has a live-action remake of a cartoon classic, 101 Dalmatians, starring Glenn Close as the dognapping Cruella DeVil. Warner Bros. steps into the vacated slot with Space Jam, a $90 million mix of animation and live action that teams two pop-culture potentates, Michael ("Air") Jordan and Bugs ("Hare") Bunny...