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...would expect an opera whose protagonist is named Sister Blanche of the Agony of Christ to be excessively melodramatic. But the Dunster House Opera (DHO) production of Francis Poulenc’s 1957 modern classic, “Dialogues of the Carmelites” is anything but excessive...
...protagonist, Steven Hudson, is a powerful N.Y. investment banker. Like Perkins, Steven receives a letter asking him to be the star in a reality television show called “Trophy Bride” where young, female 20-somethings compete to marry a “zillionaire.” After repeated assertions about the absurdity of the offer, Steven ends up agreeing to do the show—partially because he is lonely after his wife’s passing and partially because he falls in love with the producer of the show, Jessie Jones...
...protagonist is a defense attorney who worries less about guilt and innocence than about exploiting technicalities and getting paid. Mickey Haller makes his living threading the loopholes of a tattered justice system, setting marijuana growers and fraud artists free—as long as the perpetrators can cough up the thousand-dollar fees...
Perkins: I got an invitation to try out for a sex frolic thing, like [protagonist] Steven Hudson, who meets these young girls and in the last week he marries one of them on national TV. It’s pretty ridiculous. If I wanted to marry a 20 something girl, there are easier ways of doing that. I showed [the letter] to my friends, and everyone laughed. I thought, I can make a humorous novel of this...
Finally, the third and most radical option would be a flashback to 1981 and the Israeli air strikes on Osirak, Saddam’s best shot at nuclear proliferation. The protagonist for such move could be not only the over-stretched U.S., but also Israel, the only nuclear power of the region, and a indefatigable antagonist of Teheran. Yet, such a move would assure full-fledged war with the theocracy, and the latter’s main power lies not in Shehab-3 missiles that can reach Jerusalem, but in the power it has over oil prices, everyone?...