Word: sexuality
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...Charles Playhouse offers two totally different, but equally intriguing productions. Featured on a double bill are Sexual Perversity in Chicago and The Duck Variations, both one-acters by David Mamet. Best known for A Life in the Theater, Mamet has been called America's most vital young playwright, whatever that means. Meanwhile, the works of one of America's best-loved composer is represented in Decline and Fall of the Entire World as Seen Through the Eyes of Cole Porter, an interesting revue. For info on both shows, call the Playhouse at 426-6912; be sure to ask about student...
Results of experiments conducted by American scientists corroborate the herbicide's human effects. The experiments have produced death, cancer, liver tumors, birth defects, nervous disorders, loss of sexual drive, and spontaneous abortions in laboratory. While scientists agree that the evidence is not yet conclusive, one study seems to bear out claims that dioxin is harmful to human beings. A scientist at the University of Wisconsin, Dr. James Allen, conducted a series of tests on rhesus monkeys, the animal most like humans in chemical sensitivity. He found that dioxin administered over a period of months in dosages...
...dramas need to be enacted--especially one that never gives the answer but charges $10 anyway. Sexual Perversity in Chicago never really gets to the point. It is a trite medley of some stereotyped, six-pack guys, their neurotic quests for orgasmic relief, and creeping cynicism...
...really was reached," he said, "because it was an in-depth commentary revealing some nagging contradictions in what we like to call a sexual revolution or a more carefree, problem-free...
...Sexual Perversity, David Mamet's Obie-winner, is very good at stating the hang-ups that follow society's tangled and neandrethal delineation of sex roles. There are numerous obnoxious stories behind bars and superficial sighs and women in anguish; even a cute relationship ending with the lovers calling each other "lousy lays...