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...world is dark, lonely, and savage. God is "a cold shadow," as we are informed by the surly protagonist, who moans he "could have forgiven Him for everything but not existing." Painfully maudlin commentary unfortunately comprises the bulk of this ill-fated production of Ronald Ribman's Dream of the Red Spider. If only it had been written with a sense of humor or perspective, maybe this play would have been tolerable. But the overblown dialogue, sparse plot, and half-hearted acting make this performance dull, dull, dull...
...might be forgiven for this oversight, especially in view of headlines like the one in the New York Daily News, which screamed, "ALIENS 2!" But let's not make the mistake of lumping together these two fallen attorney general candidates. They have little in common beyond their gender and their rather unusual names...
...Palestinian homes have been sealed or demolished since the beginning of the occupation as punishment for anything from a stone-throwing child to graffiti found on the side of a house. Palestinians are continually punished for acts they are suspected of planning to carry out, while Israel is forgiven for crimes it actually commits...
...their abusers. Just before Christmas, Missouri's conservative Republican Governor John Ashcroft commuted the life sentences of two women who claimed they had killed their husbands in self-defense. After 20 years of trying, these women have made a Darwinian claim for mercy: Victims of perpetual violence should be forgiven if they turn violent themselves...
...doesn't, however, feel altogether successful. Some weaknesses in transmission and translation are to be expected and perhaps forgiven, due to the battered past of this play...