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...obnoxious character behind that repulsive face on the cover!" said one punster. The rest of the Reagan Administration, including the President, was also attacked, and a majority of those who expressed themselves rejected dense pack, Reaganomics, the New Federalism and support for Central American dictatorships. Said one observer: "The Emperor has no clothes, and the Empress has too many...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Letters: Mar. 7, 1983 | 3/7/1983 | See Source »

Garcia Márquez's success and critical reputation have undoubtedly boosted the fortunes of younger Latin authors like Brazil's Marcio Souza (Emperor of the Amazon), Colombia's Jaime Manrique (Colombian Gold) and Argentina's Manuel Puig (Kiss of the Spider Woman). Notes New York Translator and Agent Thomas Colchie: "In 1979, Souza sold Emperor of the Amazon for only $2,000. His forthcoming book, Mad Maria, went for $5,000, and his third has just been signed for $10,000." Colchie adds that Armando Valladares, the Cuban poet who was recently released after...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Books: Where the Fiction Is Fantastica | 3/7/1983 | See Source »

...COMMON THEME in science fiction--besides space creatures, stellar explosions and single combat with the Emperor of the Universe--is the paradoxical box that is bigger inside than out. Though it seems unlikely, Stephen DeAngelis's production of Stephen Schwartz's Godspell takes place in just such a box. The Charles Playhouse, home of Godspell, is tucked behind the larger, more brightly lit Schubert Theater. The stage is small and the theater itself seats only...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: All for the Best | 2/12/1983 | See Source »

Placing the plays in chronological order. Berlin outlines O'Neill's innovative style. In The Emperor Jones O'Neill overwhelmingly used symbolism and created the first major part for a Black man. He used The Hairy Ape as a vehicle for a condemnation of the capitalistic, mechanistic materialism of American society. In comparing Yank, the protagonist, to Oedipus and Hamlet. O'Neill is addressing the oldest theme in history--man's struggle with his own fate. The play, Berlin notes, "is more existential than political, more metaphysical and spiritual than social, Man's desire to belong, his quest for belonging...

Author: By Andrea Fastenberg, | Title: Dark Insights | 2/9/1983 | See Source »

...Hans Christian Andersen's fairy tale The Nightingale, the Chinese Emperor, although captivated by the sound of his songbird, replaces it with a jewel-encrusted replica. The parable may reflect the mid-life anxieties of Mick Jagger, 39, who plays the Emperor in this summer's broadcast of Showtime TV's Faerie Tale Theater. Anticipating the end of the Rolling Stones after two decades of great music, Jagger seems to be pointing toward a new life in film. Let's Spend the Night Together, Director Hal Ashby's portrait of the Stones...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: People: Feb. 7, 1983 | 2/7/1983 | See Source »

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