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...Mezzanine and A Box of Matches, and U and I, his book-length study of John Updike--contain passages so beautifully observed and perfectly formed that they stick in the mind for years. His lesser works--the sweaty, oversharing sexcursions Vox and The Fermata and his tetchy political rant Checkpoint--contain passages you could spend years trying to forget...
...eagerness of the actors was admirable, the choreography of their collective movement topped off at approximately elementary school Christmas pageant quality. Some of the actors even came off as smug: during a dramatic tribute to political detainees, one actor grinned upon flubbing a line.Paradise boiled down to a jejune rant against commercialism. It was in Dante’s Purgatory that the play became overtly politically charged. In Hell, a series of perplexing, abstract torture sequences involving puppets and the reading of an interrogation log served to honor the prisoners of Guantanamo Bay. While the material addressed...
...eagerness of the actors was admirable, the choreography of their collective movement topped off at approximately elementary school Christmas pageant quality. Some of the actors even came off as smug: during a dramatic tribute to political detainees, one actor grinned upon flubbing a line.Paradise boiled down to a jejune rant against commercialism. It was in Dante’s Purgatory that the play became overtly politically charged. In Hell, a series of perplexing, abstract torture sequences involving puppets and the reading of an interrogation log served to honor the prisoners of Guantanamo Bay. While the material addressed...
...Stein's rant against Locavores only emphasized how some Americans have become spoiled brats. "I want Alaskan salmon, truffles from Europe, a bottle of Beaujolais, a damn pineapple." I want, I want, I want. Considering that two-thirds of our nation's adults are overweight, perhaps a few more carrots and fewer imported bottles of wine are just what the country needs. Nick Jensen, Campbell, California...
...Stein's rant against Locavores only emphasized how some Americans have become spoiled brats. "I want Alaskan salmon, truffles from Europe, a bottle of Beaujolais, a damn pineapple." I want, I want, I want. Considering that two-thirds of our nation's adults are overweight and our children are facing a shorter life expectancy, perhaps a few more carrots and fewer imported bottles of wine are just what the country needs. Nick Jensen, CAMPBELL, CALIF...