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...Gerda Lerner, who revolutionized the study of women’s history and authored more than 10 books, read favorite passages from her memoir Fireweed before answering questions and signing copies of the book at the Cronkhite Graduate Center. The event was co-sponsored by the Schlesinger Library and the Radcliffe Institute for Advanced Study...
...said that when Rabbi Michael Lerner, the editor of Tikkun’s magazine, called around 25 members of Congress, they encouraged him in his mission. All that was missing was the support of the constituents, she said...
...know some people who think Ginger didn't do it all - at least not at all well. I sat with Davie Lerner, once a dancer with the New York City Ballet and long an amatory scholar of dance in all its forms, and watched "Isn't It a Lovely Day" from "Top Hat." Davie couldn't withhold his informed scorn about Rogers' performance: she can't make the leap, her gestures lack refinement, she's looking at her feet - she's looking at his feet! I confess the experience was deflating, like getting severe criticism of your girl friend from...
...their most famous song or dance; it hasn't the grand romantic sweep of "Cheek to Cheek" or "Never Gonna Dance." And Davie Lerner makes me feel guilty for choosing it. But I'm sticking with "Isn't This a Lovely Day," the Irving Berlin number from "Top Hat" - a superb parable of pursuit, resistance and union: a getting-to-know-you story that becomes a dance of sexy-romantic...
...crudely drawn, seeming artificial and superficial. Worst of all is the cliché of the Jewish businessman Manny - a grotesque caricature of a vicious money-maker with a predilection for extramarital anal sex. Political correctness speaking? Not when Manny and his wife are so obviously "played Jewish" by Michael Lerner and Debora Weston. Much has been made in the British media of Madonna's onstage lesbian kiss with Megan Dodds' Mindy and her handling of an oversized dildo, but for those without a fascination for such moments there isn't much reason to see her Loren. She began so tensely...