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...Brustein draws a distinction between new plays and those already in the canon. When staging a premiere, a director should respect the letter of the playwright's intentions. "The analogy is with Shakespeare," says Brustein. "The first performance of Antony and Cleopatra put Cleopatra on stage in a hoop skirt. Does that mean that all future productions should...
...coverage has tilted more toward the latter. Last Christmastime, the President's wife spent three hours at Washington's Children's Hospital doling out toys. The visit provided a particularly emblematic First Lady image: Nancy Reagan in her red-and-black pumps, black knit Adolfo jacket and plaid Adolfo skirt, kneeling on a linoleum ward floor to coddle an infant. Impeccably turned out, uncomplainingly doing her social duty...
...alarming military build-up of the Golden Temple, Gandhi and the center can hardly be accused of intentional brutality in calling in the Indian army. Sikhs and Sikh supporters loudly condemned the army move, outraged by the government's desecration of their holiest shrine. But does this not skirt the sacriligious behavior of the Sikhs in using a place of worship revered by millions as an arsenal and sanctuary for murderers. Furthermore, the charge made by some of Western observers, the New Yorker for example, that Gandhi was guilty of choosing a military solution to a political problem underestimates...
Williams is not well-suited to play the Last of the White Liberal Lawyers; how many attorneys do you know that take depositions in a black leather skirt? There must be a law school somewhere in Hollywood that turns out these good looking and earnest young lawyers ripe for disillusionment...
...hotel and casino organized around a spurious Greco-Roman theme. Locally, the Goddesses are dubbed coneheads, after the shape of the false hairpiece that is part of the costume. Unchanged since the hotel opened in 1966, the uniform, with its uncomfortable corset top and cutie-pie short pleated skirt, is as archaic as the clothes in a Currier & Ives print. The Goddesses, carrying a tray of drinks in one hand, give a thin gloss of glamour to a job that is a grueling eight-hour hike in high heels. But, says Goddess Bonnie Arrage, "I'm one of nine...