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Part of it could be a misguided effort to divorce themselves from their slave-owning past—an unsubtle attempt at historical revisionism. But more important is the emphasis on maintaining a “pure” tribe of Indians by blood—the insecure, marginalized community...

Author: By Jeff D. Nanney | Title: Who You Are Not | 4/22/2007 | See Source »

Anyone familiar with Durang’s work will know that he does not write for children. His best plays are good-naturedly wicked send-ups of life’s pain and absurdity. They mine comic gold from such unfunny topics as depression, divorce, alcoholism, and infant mortality (as...

Author: By Jillian J. Goodman, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: ARTSMONDAY: ‘Witherspoon’ Fails To Bloom in Boston | 4/15/2007 | See Source »

Everyone and their Hist and Lit tutor has a theory of when childhood ends—or really, when theirs ended. Puberty? Columbine? 9/11? But whatever the endpoint, hardly anyone disputes the premise: There is childhood, and then it’s over. The ending is generally seen as a...

Author: By Zachary M. Seward, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Rich ’06-’07 Scores a Home Run in Debut | 4/6/2007 | See Source »

Great article, great idea. Teaching about the Bible might help exorcise some of the ignorance of the Fundamentalist right. Anti-Catholics would learn that it was Catholic bishops who put the New Testament together. Anti-gays would learn that Jesus had nothing to say about homosexuality. And those who want...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Inbox: Apr. 16, 2007 | 4/5/2007 | See Source »

As exhausting offscreen as off, Hutton married four times: to Reeves camera scion Theodore Briskin; to choreographer Charles O'Curran, who went on to dream up dance routines for Martin and Lewis, Hope and Crosby and Elvis; to Alan Livingston, who created Bozo the Clown and, as head of Capitol...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: When Betty Got Frank | 3/31/2007 | See Source »

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