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Dates: during 1990-1999
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With a name like Seductions, one might be tempted to think that the trio of plays currently running at The Works Theater in Somerville would make for an evening of romance and poetry. But it doesnt take long to remember that for modern authors, love is every bit as capable of clearing a path of destruction and despair as that other great theme of literature, death. Seductions is less about sexual temptation than it is about power and its abuses. From the stale to the distressing to the absurd, it paints a picture of love not as something divine...
...Chinese film history and repertoire. But they alone are insufficient, more variety is called for. The existence of those films adds to the color of the overall Chinese film industry. But it's more important to have films that focus on the day-to-day lives of the modern Chinese people...
...latest adaptation of Christopher Marlowe's Dr. Fautus, performed at the Loeb Ex last weekend, added a refreshing sense of vitality and humor to the tried and true theme. Director Cary McClennand '02 admitted that one of his main concerns has been adapting the religious theme for the modern-day audience. He feels that Marlowe's play is "timeless," but found it necessary to remove the few historical references that do occur: "We cut and reorganized the script entirely in an effort to streamline the actual story--the result we hope, was a technically dazzling piece...
...complex story in question addresses one of the most frequently debated issues of modern times: what drove otherwise reasonable German citizens to embrace and support the Nazi regime of Hitler. Good is a study of the gradual acquiescence of a nation toward the hatred and genocide that took place in '30s Germany, culminating in the Holocaust. It explores this theme on a personal, individual level--through the character of John Halder (Diego Arciniegas), a humanities professor and a fundamentally good man who ultimately dons an S.S. uniform and heads off for his new position at the Auschwitz death camp. Halder...
...Consolidating numbers three through infinity in the remainder of her tirade, or perhaps just losing count, Schor ignores the concerned whisperings of the salespeople and goes on to explain how modern clothing stores capitalize on and perpetuate a shrinking fashion cycle. As wardrobes expand, she says, the fashion cycle shrinks...