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...best tradition of Gilbert and Sullivan to update lyrics and dialogue to refer to contemporary events; that the sole efforts of this show are on the level of forcing the Grand Inquisitor to say things like "wicked awesome" and of a lame reference to Oprah will indicate the level of wit the show aspires to. There a few redeeming moments: the entrance of the Plaza-Toros is well staged and choreographer Susanna Witt's staging of the blind man's bluff dance is clever. Overall, however, the actors succeed by overcoming the direction, not because...
...believe Geraldo and Oprah, these young men are not to be held completely culpable for their actions. Sure they stabbed Jason Robinson without either provocation or remorse, but isn't someone else to blame? The tired excuse of the effects of racism is inapplicable here, as all of those involved were white. The theory of economic deprivation as an inevitable creator of violence also fails to save these residents of middle-class, suburban Dartmouth...
...shining supporting character is Berman's jester, who remains consistently dour throughout the play. He's a child star gone bad, and he has stooped to spying for Prettiface with all the bitterness of Danny Bonnaducci on "Oprah...
Last week Jackson tried for mass-media redemption and went megaplatinum. Part grand Oprah, part soap Oprah, the Winfrey show was at the very least great TV: live, reckless, emotionally naked. For his first television interview in 14 years, Jackson won a huge audience -- the largest, excluding Super Bowls, in a decade -- and a forum to counter some of the zanier rumors that have swirled around him. He rebutted the charge that he sleeps in a , hyperbaric chamber; the photo suggesting that he did actually showed him, he said, testing equipment at a burn center he founded after being "burned...
...smiled and said he was "a gentleman. You can call me old-fashioned, if you want." He has dated Brooke Shields, but the actress says, with a smile in her voice, "He has not asked me to marry him. Maybe that's going to be on the next Oprah show." Shields, 27, also grew up naked before the camera and understands the slash and burn of early fame. "It is very hard," she says of Jackson, "when your family turns against you, and when anyone you befriend slaps you in the face. It would amaze you the way people hurt...