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...serious candidates--of whom former School Committee President David I. Finnegan and City Councilor Raymond L. Flynn are considered favorites--offered even less excitement. Former State Representative Melvin H. King reached out to gays, women, the poor, and Blacks--whom he termed the "niggers" of Boston. Suffolk County Sheriff Dennis J. Kearney called for opening the door to City Hall and banishing crime from the streets, presumably enhancing his good-guy image, Flynn copped an FDR line, offering the observation that the role of government is to help those who can't help themselves--which prompted one member...
...system modelled after the late Richard J. Daley Chicago machine to bury his opponents--King. Finnagan and Joseph F. Timilty. Relying almost solely on campaign contributions from city employees and developers. White out-fundraised and out-campaigned the opposition. The prospects for a similar coup this year are improving. Finnegan, one of the latest entrants into the race, started his campaign already about $70,000 in debt from past efforts and of the rest, only Kearney has proven his ability to raise more than token contributions from East Boston pensioners...
...this farce that mocks the English aristocratic culture of the 1890's, the central character Algernon (James Finnegan) has invented a sick younger brother, Bunburry, as an alibi for his many trips to the country. His friend, John Worthing (Henry Woronicz) has a similar stratagem: he is Ernest in town and Jack in the country. The drama focuses on the confusion engendered by these men's double identities when they meet their lovers-to-be--who both insist that their husbands be named Ernest...
...only exception is Finnegan's convincing and zany portrayal of the gay, foppish Algernon, who devours cucumber sandwiches, bread and butter and muffins with dainty relish while seriously maintaining, "When I am in great trouble I refuse everything but food and drink." His candid approach makes the most of other similarly ridiculous lines...
...argue seriously over trifles--lumps of sugar for their tea and cake--for the first time. Algernon declares with true earnestness about food, "One has to be serious about something in life to be amused." As the intricate plot unravels and the couples happily unite, the laughter subsides and Finnegan declares, "We have now realized the vital importance of being earnest." Maybe he has, but it would have helped had the BSC taken a more earnest stab at this drama. Wilde wrote a charming satire that, besides entertaining, might stimulate some thought on the excessive concern of the aristocratic class...