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...Werner all sent emissaries. Some were looking to snag writers and actors for the mainstream entertainment maw. Others came to join the collegial ferment. Says Janet Blake, a veep at Walt Disney Television: "Where else can you have a lively discussion with Jimmy Breslin"--who presented a savagely witty skit about Newt Gingrich haranguing his first wife in her hospital bed--"and two minutes later be talking to Tony Kushner? Only in Louisville...
...after five months on the job. She has sued the R.N.C., describing a put-out-to-get-ahead atmosphere where backrubs, lap sitting and being called "pretty thing" were not unusual. Sexual-harassment fatigue kept Henson's suit from getting much attention until an R.N.C. video surfaced. In one skit, national convention manager Bill Greener hires a well-endowed stripper, insisting he's actually more of an "ass man"; in another, a man is made very happy by a woman under a table. Recently two women, one of whom now works for Senator Bob Dole, filed affidavits supporting Henson...
...rest of the first act proceeds in a similar plot-free fashion. A song is sung by a member of the group followed by a short skit centered around a specific parable ("Love thy neighbor," "Judge not" etc.). The band begins playing and the parable is put to music. The actors rotate in leading the songs and skits with the Jesus stand-in always dictating the ultimate lesson...
Although most of the evening was comprised of song and dance, SAA also performed a skit spoof of the movie "Forrest Gump...
...skit starred a young South Asian man who met Muhandas K. Ghandi and inspired the builder of the Taj Mahal...