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LUCAS: Yes, I know what that is. The groundwork has been laid in this episode. The film is ultimately about the dark side and the light side, and those sides are designed around compassion and greed. The issue of greed, of getting things and owning things and having things and not being able to let go of things, is the opposite of compassion--of not thinking of yourself all the time. These are the two sides--the good force and the bad force. They're the simplest parts of a complex cosmic construction...
...play, is Kellerman's greatest strength as the director of this piece. He's found what many directors (even Mamet himself at times) lose when they approach Mamet's characteristically coarse works: the compassion, even tenderness that lies beneath the surface. As much as it is an indictment of greed and corruption, American Buffalo is also a vindication of human bonds. Even in the toughest of worlds, it says, there is still a place for mercy. AMERICAN BUFFALO . AT THE LOEB EX . APRIL...
...scandal, greed, and "All That Jazz." This one's off-campus. Chicago plays the Shubert Theater. Through May 16. 265 Tremont St., Boston. (800) 447-7400. Tuesday-Saturday 8 p.m.; Saturday 7 p.m.; Saturday and Sunday...
Maybe the greed for Mark McGwire's homerun balls had filtered its way down to Mickey...
...look at those titles--has gone blackly cynic. In Roland Joffe's twist-filled but flawed new feature, religion serves only to provide a respectable front for the depraved or to highlight its golly-gee practitioners' cluelessness. But that's not the main thrust: In this noir comedy, lust, greed, jealousy, betrayal and just generally people's worst sides stand in mocking contrast to any form of decency (i.e. gullibility...