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For two pieces in the show the term "realism" cannot express the painstaking accuracy involved in making the figures exactly like human beings. Not only does the "Woman Cleaning the Rug" by Duane Hanson have real spectacles on her nose, a real Dynel wig on her head, and a real...
YET BECAUSE WE LIVE in such a time of dispirited confusion. Nixon has already gained the ultimate goal of the professional liar: complete and profound mystification of his audience. Like the magician, Nixon's posture of solemn, unblinking deception convinces us to suspend our critical faculties and to accept his...
Washington has no illusion that such an agreement can be easily reached, and it is pressuring individual nations bilaterally. Many European countries, however, are hesitant about offending oil-producing Arab states, and African diplomats point out that one side's "terrorist" might be another's "freedom fighter."
Each of the characters is preoccupied with an illusion. For Reuben, Ernie represents the new "great white hope." With her lover. Oma feels that it is racial prejudice dragging her down: she avoids confronting the emptiness of the life she has created. Faye, Ernie's girlfriend, sees him as her...
There is no sense to be had in the universe, there is only the illusion-of meaning.