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...Michael Frayn play about former West German Chancellor Willy Brandt that just opened on Broadway. The play won nearly unanimous critical raves in London, walked away with major awards and promised to provide Broadway with at least one prestige dramatic hit of the season. But Democracy is one British import that doesn't survive the crossing...
Democracy seems especially pallid in a year when political drama has had a bracing revival. Plays like Guantánamo: 'Honor Bound to Defend Freedom'--another British import, about the treatment of detainees at the U.S. naval base in Cuba--have built compelling drama out of real-life interviews and transcripts, while such anti-Bush works as Sam Shepard's new The God of Hell, a caustic parable about a nefarious government agent terrorizing a Wisconsin farm couple, give off the sparks of real political anger. By comparison, the polite, political-science-class dramatics of Democracy seem as outmoded...
Remember The Ring? It was originally a Japanese horror film. Since its phenomenal success, movie remakes have become the hottest Asian import since Hello Kitty. This year’s The Grudge will soon be followed by American versions of blockbusters like My Sassy Girl and Infernal Affairs. The man who singlehandedly started this trend, film producer Roy Lee, explained to The Guardian how The Ring’s success led him to an epiphany: “I thought, ‘That was too easy—I should check the other movies made there...
...Byrd Amendment—a cynical piece of special-interest pork if there ever was one—will soon, with any luck, meet its well-deserved demise. The 2000 law gave the money raised from import duties on foreign steel to American steel companies, effectively adding another layer of trade protection in the form of an industry subsidy. But last week, the World Trade Organization (WTO) cleared the way for punitive sanctions against American exports, which will hopefully coerce the United States to trade freely and fairly in the future...
...LikeABike, a German import, prepares kids ages 2 to 5 for the real thing by teaching them first how to balance on two wheels; $279 at likeabikeusa.com...