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...early collection on ancient Egypt and the Middle East, Greece and Rome. Art was strictly European and American painting. Folk Art trickled into the MFA when it became an increasingly significant feature of the American art scene, thanks in part to the correlation between the Great Depression and the quest for an assertion of American values. Apparently, well-made and decorated cabinets were reminders of the Great American Way and museums adjusted the concept of high art to include pieces that served as reminders of American prosperity and independent craftsmanship...
...much like his rock & roll personality—badass white trash—and consequently he does a notably good job in the film. A high school janitor in the witness protection relocation program, played by Christopher Walken, and a Native American fireworks salesman also help Dirt during his quest...
...became an absurdity in and of itself. And at the beginning of Utopia, Ltd., Gilbert and Sullivan’s Utopia is not quite at that stage, but aspires to achieve the glory and perfection of that most glorious and perfect nation: England. It is the story of that quest that is the two-hours’ traffic of the Agassiz stage, in this semester’s offering by the Harvard-Radcliffe Gilbert and Sullivan Players. (The stage, incidentally, being halfway covered and surrounded by blue plastic balls of the type one might find in the ball...
...nowhere near as creative, productive or great as his father, and not because he doesn’t want to be. God knows he’s been trying, but not with much luck. The poor guy. Imagine having to live up to a father like Scott! The quest for greatness is especially pronounced and poignant in Stephen’s case, and what we end up with is a long-winded and somewhat exaggerated look at the universal desire to be immortalized, to be remembered, to be known and loved by millions of people. As Boch noted...
...discussions that verge on tediousness. It seems that the importance and timelessness of the themes under consideration here started to get in the way of the play’s coherence and power. Stephen, Scott’s Son is still an ambitious attempt to get that whole quest for greatness complex that taunts so many of us. Even if it doesn’t completely succeed, you can tell that like Stephen, the play desires greatness on a grand scale. So then the question is: What does it matter if, in reaching for glory, you don?...