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At first glance, the poster from Robert Altman's film "The Player" might appear to be just another randomly placed prop gracing the set of First Night, a convincing facsimile of a video store. Eventually, however, the parallels between the movie and this play become clear. First Night attempts to...

Author: By Jeannette A. Vargas, | Title: Not Quite A Night to Remember | 4/29/1993 | See Source »

First Night revels in its dream-like nature, almost as if it is showing how much fun fantasy can be. As the straight man in the play, Irish Catholic Danny Fleming (Bill Selig), a clerk in the video store, declares the he is going to give up his dreams and...

Author: By Jeannette A. Vargas, | Title: Not Quite A Night to Remember | 4/29/1993 | See Source »

Western secular humanism points to adulthood as the period in which the individual's youthful idealism is defeated by the disillusioning forces of recognized sexual roles and intellectual practicality. In the 90s, the question of sexuality includes not just gender but sexual orientation and the use of sex as an...

Author: By Lawrence M. Brown, | Title: Sweet Dreams | 4/29/1993 | See Source »

The Single Party Illusion also ignores the Senate's rules: Because 60 votes are necessary to end debate on a bill, the 43 Republican Senators can filibuster and defeat any Democratic legislation they strongly oppose. The demise of Clinton's $16 million economic stimulus bill last week was a politically...

Author: By Jordan Schreiber, | Title: Shaping 'New Democratic' Illusions | 4/28/1993 | See Source »

As a result, the president's first hundred days are not nearly as impressive as he promised they would be. Moderates may be enraged that the illusion of a New Democrat evaporated, revealing a tax-and-spend liberal. And liberals may be disappointed that the fights they have pursued for...

Author: By Jordan Schreiber, | Title: Shaping 'New Democratic' Illusions | 4/28/1993 | See Source »

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