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With seven unrelated segments, the troupe tackles a wide variety of subjects, from city living to elementary school Winter Pageants to Mister Roger's neighborhood. But "tackles" isn't really the right word--the troupe seems to be having too much fun to want to hurt anything. Thus, their satire never has a cutting edge. On a bare stage, these two men and three women bound around with so much togetherness, good will and boisterousness that the place begins to resemble a positive energy seminar...
...nurse describes it as a place "where they watch daytime television and throw food." But is she to be believed? She also states that the Day Room is in the "Arno Klein Memorial Wing," but what and where is that? Is Budge to be trusted? Finally, is Wyatt--Mister Normal--to be trusted...
...Saks Fifth Avenue) and downscale (K mart). Contends Barbara Ehrenreich, a fellow at the Washington- based Institute for Policy Studies: "Whether one looks at food, clothing or furnishings, two cultures are emerging: natural fiber vs. synthetic blends; hand-crafted wood cabinets vs. mass-produced maple; David's Cookies vs. Mister Donut." The result of such polarization of society, she warns, could be a warping of the country's identity...
Above the waist, merengue action has the approximate agility and combustibility of Mister Rogers doing a Maypole dance. Partners move sideways, taking a long step and hauling the other foot behind. The real fire is down below. Partners can press hips close enough to grind grain, dance a few steps, drift away from each other, then, as the music quickens, come together again. Says Oscar Herrera, 34, a Salvadoran immigrant who directs a San Francisco social-service agency: "The merengue grabs you so much that even if you get tired and soaked in sweat, you can't stop dancing...
...Mister Roberts tomorrow...