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These flaws are not fatal, but they do detract from some of the skilled performance and the power of the script. Entertaining, even hysterical in places this production of Loot never quite achieve the deeply bitter effect of Orton's play.

Author: By David S. Kurnick, | Title: Loot Not Quite Priceless | 7/24/1992 | See Source »

A recent story line reflects some of the strips lighter humor. Boopsie, the airhead actress has been telling a charming, yet typical tale of all her reincarnations from "a plague-stricken calligrapher... from Gunbad-i-Qabus" to a victim of headhunters in the Malaysian Archipelago. From the highly political to...

Author: By Jonathan A. Bresman, | Title: What the Heck is This Dilbert? A Neophyte's Guide to the Funnies | 7/10/1992 | See Source »

Bill Watterson's "Calvin and Hobbes" is a pure joy to read. This is quite ironic considering that the title characters are named after two philosophers who had rather bleak views of human nature. The adventures of mischievous and precocious six years-old Calvin and his quiet, reflective, stuffed tiger...

Author: By Jonathan A. Bresman, | Title: What the Heck is This Dilbert? A Neophyte's Guide to the Funnies | 7/10/1992 | See Source »

The recent stroyline about art and whether it should by produced for its sales value or for its own sake was quite entertaining. Hobbes, the idealist made a lovely clay tiger. Calvin the cynic, took his play-doh and produced a hundred shrunken heads of popular cartoon characters" and "stitched...

Author: By Jonathan A. Bresman, | Title: What the Heck is This Dilbert? A Neophyte's Guide to the Funnies | 7/10/1992 | See Source »

On the whole, The Bathtub is an entertaining piece of work, only occasionally marred by tiresome moralism and absurdity that is pretentious rather than humorous. Even those who find its message too simplistic can enjoy it for its witty lines and fine acting.

Author: By Jendi B. Reiter, | Title: One-Sided Satire Mixes Morality With Absurdity | 6/27/1992 | See Source »

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