Word: genetics
(lookup in dictionary)
(lookup stats)
Dates: all
Sort By: most recent first
(reverse)
...more straightforwardly autobiographical A Boy's Own Story and The Beautiful Room is Empty. He was one of the first American artists to speak openly about his own HIV-positive status. He moved to France eight years ago and began researching his biography of the French novelist Jean Genet, published last month. In addition to writing fiction, he has taught at Brown, Columbia and Yale and worked as a Vogue correspondent. The Crimson recently spoke with White about his own fiction and his most recent book...
...mention in the biography that Genet was very conscious of writing his novels for himself and the plays for others, with the audience in mind. Is it a distinction you think about when you write...
...said several times that you don't think Genet would have liked you, as you are so many things he despised: white, middle-class, homosexual and a biographer. Do you think you would have liked to meet...
Bess Wohl's performance of Green Eyes is one-sided. Her character convincingly grapples with the poetics of existentialist fate and the maddening embrace of nihilism, but lacks the raw masculine coolness, control, and beauty that give Genet's character his depth and charisma. However, this weakness is compensated by both LeFranc's and Maurice's credible attraction for him, an attraction which renders Green Eyes more full than Wohl's performance alone...
...even just to witness Angela Delichatsios's roughly sexual and smolderingly psychological performance, Deathwatch is well worth the trip to the Adams House tunnels. Genet fans, especially, will relish her delivery of LeFranc. There are slow moments (the first scene with the guard is unquestionably the worst), and there are moments when Genet's abrasion and sexual dynamism are disappointingly watered down. But, overall, the play hums along with only a few unnecessary bumps and lulls...