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...actual language of the people can be found only in the cultural anathemas known as popular entertainment.” This argument is tenuously developed to a frustrating conclusion: “The job of the dramatist is to get, and that of the actors and directors to keep, the asses in the seats. Period. This is what pays the rent.... The purpose of theatre is not to instruct, to better, to expiate. It is to entertain.” Mamet’s perspective on drama is simply reductive. To say writers such as Thornton Wilder, Tennessee Williams...
...advice is to keep writing. You have a lot of free time on your hands in college, so write as much as you can now. You will not have that free time when you are working a nine-to-five job trying to make your dreams come true. I wrote a play every year when I was in school, sometimes two, and I was determined to leave with more than my diploma under my arm. The other thing is to just be nice. That sounds so cliché, but you will meet the same people going up as you will...
Well, he shouldn’t pay for pennies. If he is expected to make a commitment to his city, then his city has to show its commitment to him and pony up some serious dough. It’s hard to believe that the Cavaliers, who keep arming themselves with better and better players to get a championship, including four-time NBA Finals champion Shaquille O’Neal, won’t be willing to spend significant amounts of money on him. But if it comes down to a good deal with Cleveland, and a slightly better deal...
...industry’s vicissitudes and extremely happy with the group’s current line-up. “Ultimately it’s playing on the road that’s kept the band out there” said Cline. “As long as we keep playing, we’re fine, because people come to the shows, and, at this point, as far as I can tell, people like the live shows...
...only 8:45 a.m., but the storefront is already busy. Men and women in jeans, baseball hats and leather jackets keep the tinted door swinging open and closed. But this is not a retail outlet. It's a pain-management clinic. The people have come for pills...