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MEANWHILE IN MANILA ... Affairs of the Heart Filipinos deluged a "report a mistress" campaign with e-mails and text messages detailing the alleged extramarital activities of government officials, sending 500 messages in its first day. A citizens' group launched the campaign to stop officials from spending government money on illicit dalliances...
...Yalta, a man has an affair with a young, married woman (the “lady with a lapdog”). After the two return to their homes, the man becomes unable to forget his mistress. The play—based on a story by Anton Chekov—centers on the life-changing trip he takes to see her again. Writer/director Kama Ginkas makes his American debut. Through October 11. 8 p.m. $47-69, $12 for students on day of show. American Repertory Theater, 64 Brattle...
...describes Amis' style. Where other men see jets in the sky, Amis sees "contrails in various stages of dissolution, some, way up, as solid-looking as pipe cleaners, others like white stockings, discarded, flung in the air, or light bedding after beauty sleep." When the King visits his Chinese mistress He Zizhen, "He touched him, and he touched He." But make no mistake. Amis is after more than just surface glitz: "After a while, marriage is a sibling relationship - marked by occasional, and rather regrettable, episodes of incest." And: "Women wouldn't mind pornography if reproduction took place by some...
...gangster movie without the classic Western romanticism by director Zhang Yimou. Shuiseng (Wang Xiaoxiao), a small town boy, is brought to the Shanghai of the 30s by his Uncle Liu (Xuejian Li). Uncle Liu takes him to work for a very wealthy mafia boss, Tang (Baotian Li) and his mistress Xiao Jingbao, played by the timeless Gong Li. Overwhelmed by the glitzy life of the big city and the opulence around him, Shuiseng also witnesses inter-triad betrayal, Xiao’s tumultuous love affair and vicious gang wars. The plot carries director Zhang’s trademark of conveying...
...methodical and wry man, Franklin loved making lists. He made lists of rules for his tradesmen's club, of synonyms for being drunk, of maxims for matrimonial happiness and of reasons to choose an older woman as a mistress. Most famously, as a young man, he made a list of personal virtues that he determined should define his life. Following his method, we can get a glimpse of his influence on the American character by looking at the seven defining virtues and traits that he, more than anyone, helped to imprint onto our national fabric...