Word: martin
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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Carved on Martin Dillon's tombstone are words from the Book of Wisdom: "The just man, though he die early, shall be at rest." But Dillon, who was 30 at his death, has not yet found rest. He has died, so far, in three different ways...
...been rumors that Scher and Patricia had been in the middle of a torrid love affair before her husband died--a rumor they denied repeatedly. Dillon's father, for one, always wondered about the autopsy report and never believed the death was an accident. Says Bonnie Mead, who was Martin Dillon's secretary: "We don't know why people put blinders on in this town." Nevertheless, the elder Dillon kept his peace until his grandchildren were older. In 1989 he hired a private investigator to review the evidence and by 1995 had got the authorities to exhume...
Even Goizueta's mistakes were beauties: the disastrous new Coke, which nevertheless paved the way for a sales surge in "classic" Coke, and the purchase of Columbia Pictures, which he unloaded on Sony for a healthy profit. Says analyst Martin Romm of Credit Suisse First Boston: "He did more in 16 years than most people could hope to do in a millennium...
...Martin also gamely tries to add depth to Picasso by exploring such universal themes as love, inspiration and the beauty of science. Unfortunately, sometimes the shift from the ridiculous to the sublime can be jarring, as the play occasionally moves from absurd humor to would-be-profound statements in a single line, interrupting the flow of the play. Several times, a string of non-stop jokes is followed by a crisis of realization which feels strained and unnatural. Martin, does, however, make some good points, and his effort to address more thought-provoking issues does broaden the scope...
...overarching theme of the play seems to be the not-exactly-earthshaking idea that inspiration lies behind great discoveries, and that inspiration is the same for scientists and artists. While it might be argued that Martin suggests Einstein's work influenced Picasso's and vice versa, the play is more concerned with entertaining the audience than delving into any more cerebral speculations. Martin is a natural entertainer, and he knows how to hold an audience--which proves his greatest asset here. Picasso at the Lapin Agile is ultimately a lighthearted discourse on a broad range of topics, but above...