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...Democrats and Republicans believe that Bush checked out of the story early in his presidency in part because he came to Washington with a reflexive desire to do the opposite of whatever his predecessor did. It is true that Bill Clinton had his hands deep in the Middle East mess from his first year in office until the final days of his presidency in a way that the Bush team found inappropriate and even dangerous, given that a taste for high-stakes summitry, in its view, led to dashed hopes and renewed violence. "It wasn't all that long...
...plot summary is unnecessary, as the show’s appeal has never been about the plot—and locating a plot in this mess of a Mainstage is not worth the effort. Instead, it might be better to pay more attention to what the show attempts to pay attention to: the visual aesthetic. This is made confoundingly difficult, however, by the almost comically dismal lighting. In order to set what seems like an intended an aura of doom and gloom, the lighting plot has virtually no light. The effect doesn’t enhance the mood; it does...
...maddening to attempt to understand why an audience has been subjected to this piecemeal adaptation. Surely a production this bad could not come about except for the failing of some grand vision, yet nowhere in this ramshackle mess are even the traces of such a vision apparent. Newly added orgies and bloodshed? Check. Vision? Still looking...
...this exhibit’s ordered mess, Bergstein and Johnson meld because they are both “excessive imagists,” said Bergstein. “We love the body, cartoony images and horror.” To that, Johnson adds an attentive eye to detail. “I think we work very well,” said Johnson. “We’re both visually obsessive.” For Johnson, that form of obsession comes in the form of personal fetish in his exhibit titled “G-String Theophany: Adoration Series...
...yourself, you might mess it up,” he said...