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...Sketches) that Viertel & Co. dipped into, I'd have chosen George S. Kaufman's brief, devastating "If Men Played Cards As Women Do" from Berlin's Third Music Box Revue of 1923. It has a quartet of burly gents punctuating a game of poker by gossiping cattily about clothes, makeup and rivals, and was put on film in the 40s revue Star Spangled Rhythm, with Fred MacMurray, Franchot Tone, Ray Milland and Lynne Overman as the feminine men. I'd like to have seen how it played, especially with the ursine Chamberlin...
...fabrics, more suggesting the era than depicting it. Then, of course there are the occasional appearances of a girl in hotpants and a red jacket, whom the program identifies as “DJ’s Girlfriend/Fertility Goddess.” Nearly everyone is wearing layers of white makeup, lipstick, and a wig, which creates an effect that is equal parts Restoration Comedy and Rocky Horror...
Underneath all the makeup, 18th century contract negotiations, and postmodern touches, “The Way of the World” is at its heart a hilarious play, made more so by Birnbaum and her actors. It may require a flowchart to keep up with all the deceptions and plots of the play, but no effort is required to enjoy the unfolding of its many schemes...
...young bride” (1923) is another captivating photograph. Four members of a Mongol family appear dressed in their finest pose outdoors, the young bride rearmost in a 2-by-2 formation. While the other faces are rendered in a murky orange-brown, hers is painted with snow-white makeup and cherry-red lipstick. Together with a shimmering light blue jacket, her brilliant image springs forth from behind her mother and sibling.Tucked in the small alcove of the gallery are perhaps the two most enthralling photographs in the entire exhibition. Here, “Rural Tibetan kitchen?...
...good, bad, and ugly for the Harvard baseball team yesterday as it split a makeup doubleheader with Yale at O’Donnell Field...