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Other Korean shopkeepers donated more than $20,000 to help keep the boycotted owner's business going during the protest. "We don't make trouble first," says Do Hyun Chung, who owns a liquor store in Compton. "We try to make money first." The 31-year-old merchant came to America nearly seven years ago with scarcely a penny in his pocket, in the hope of finding what he refers to, without irony or embarrassment, as "the American Dream." The previous owner of his store was shot dead by a robber. For Chung and his wife...
This interpretation of Shakespeare's The Merchant of Venice is a solid rendition of the oft-performed favorite. While the production does not overwhelm, it does feature several good acting performances and excellent direction by Elijah Siegler. Siegler utilizes the unique design of the Leverett Old Library to his advantage--he has actors enter and exit from five different doors, located above and below the main stage and behind the audience...
...story concerns the attempt of Basanio (Steve Petersen), a young man of Venice, to court Portia (Cori Lynn Peterson), one of the most beautiful ladies in Italy. Because Bassanio has not yet come into his fortune, he must rely on the credit of his friend Antonio, the Merchant of Venice (David Gray...
...hatred between Antonio and Shylock is the conflict which fuels the plot of The Merchant of Venice. Consumed by revenge, Shylock demands that he receive Antonio's flesh for his bond. Javerbaum delivers one of Shakespeare's most famous speeches--"If you prick us, do we not bleed? If you tickle us, do we not laugh?". Unfortunately, this monologue, while spoken adequately enough by Javerbaum, lacks the emotion and disgust for Antonio and the Christian world which such a powerful speech requires...
...Manny the Fanny gyrates to a dance-club hit while recalling her Krazy Glue revenge on an unfaithful boyfriend. A punchy Peruvian ex-boxer, pressed to name a famous Hispanic, searches the blank canvas of his mind. "William Shakesperez," he intones. "He wrote Macho Do About Nothing and The Merchant of Venezuela...