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...themselves the sole proprietors of oppression) with regards to the subject of clawing your way to success while overcoming every possible obstacle. After all, if we succumb to knee-jerk, P.C. condemnation of General Powell, we will indeed be practicing the one thing we all claim to abhor: intolerance. Jon-Peter Kelly...
...AUTHOR: JON ROBIN BAITZ...
These three monologues are delivered in three identically antiseptic hotel rooms served by three identically silent dark-skinned waiters -- symbolizing the West's detached distance from the underprivileged terrain regarded as a "market." With these speeches Jon Robin Baitz, 31, vaults into the top rank of U.S. dramatists. He first came into view in 1987 with The Film Society, set in South Africa, where he spent his youth as an American businessman's son. The Substance of Fire pitted a father against his children for control of a New York City publishing firm. The End of the Day mocked...
...sensuality a tantalizing blend of glamour and horror, in Basic Instinct. But Oscar, a gentleman and a liberal, prefers women's roles that are role models. He might feel uneasy citing actresses whose characters tread the minefield that separates traditional femininity and modern feminism. "The general feeling," says director Jon Avnet (Fried Green Tomatoes), "is that if a woman is bright, aggressive and successful, she's got to be a bitch...
...lighting by Massood Farivar and Blake Lawit, props handled by Elye Alexander and the soundtrack by Jon Goldberg set the stage quite well and help to animate what little action happens on stage. However, as the 80s illustrated, accessories can only do so much...