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Some of us put on shows for servicemen, theDance Club hopping through Mexican steps, theFrench Club inventing a cabaret for the crew of aFree French warship in Boston Harbor. For thisevent, from a record, I learned to sing "LeFiacre." Later, I corresponded with one sailor ashis maraine-de-guerre(godmother-of-war)--until French censors found, inone of his letters to me, a snapshot of his ship.For this lapse, my godson-of-war did some time inthe brig...
...Marine who was a hero in the Persian Gulf War shot and killed his newly divorced wife and their five- year-old daughter. In North Carolina an airman hacked his wife to pieces, wrapped her remains in plastic garbage bags and stored them in the refrigerator. In Hawaii a sailor killed his baby daughter, stuffing her into a duffel bag and tossing her into Pearl Harbor. A soldier in Germany, angered at his wayward spouse, decapitated her G.I. lover and placed the severed head atop his wife's nightstand...
Center Street (once called Petticoat Lane because all its businesses were run by women whose husbands were off hunting whales in the Pacific) is home to many wonderful art galleries, among them the Sailor's Valentine Gallery, which specializes in "art brut," or outsider...
...errors more egregious were yet to come. After finally agreeing on a controversial "don't ask-don't tell" policy, completely unacceptable to the gays Clinton promised to help, the administration continued along its bungling way. A federal court ordered a gay Navy sailor to be reinstated after it ruled the Navy's discrimination against him unconstitutional. The administration has decided to challenge the ruling on the grounds that the judicial branch had overstepped its authority...
Also of mention is Gavan Meehan as the unhygienic sailor Dick Deadeye. Meehan plays his part with comic grime; his voice is so expertly characterized we can almost see the phlegm in his throat. The male chorus is picturesque and in one scene, becomes a topnotch a cappella and physical comedy troupe. This is not a women's play; the female chorus does little except hum along in the back ground. The orchestra, conducted by Gilbert Rose, is powerful without intruding upon the action onstage...