Word: sklar
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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Academe also takes high honors in procrastination. Bernard Sklar, a University of Southern California sociologist who churns out three to five pages of writing a day, admits that "many of my friends go through agonies when they face a blank page. There are all sorts of rationalizations: the pressure of teaching, responsibilities at home, checking out the latest book, looking up another footnote...
...Amour ("presented" by Warhol, written and directed by Warhol and his protege Morrissey) features the wrecking crew from The Factory, Warhol's New York homestead, transported to Paris, where they scratch and stammer through a plot that might be a low-camp rewrite of La Ronde. Michael (Michael Sklar) and Max (Max Delys) are lovers. Michael, wanting to get married for appearances only, becomes involved with Donna (Donna Jordan), while Max makes lanolin passes at Jane (Jane Forth). All have been encouraged to play someone approximating themselves, which does not mean there is any recognizable humanity to be seen...
...following is a transcript of a conversation between the author-a sophomore in Adams House - and Judith Sklar, co-director of the Open Theatre. The Open Theatre recently presented Serpent, Terminal, and Endgame at the Loeb...
...Sklar: I think that kind of enapsulating of Beckett is garbage. Beckett's world is comprchensive and everyone I've read, really, except a tiny little article by Alain Robbe-Grillet, everyone tries to take a slice of the pic and say. "this is Beckett." Ruby Kahn interprets Endgame from a religious point of view, somebody clse says it takes place inside a womb, another says it's the beginning. I find myself enraged cach time I see one of these interpretations as a sort of umbrella that it has to go under...
...amount of personal commitment typified by Barry distinguishes the company from most others, and in some respects their goals resemble those of the now-fragmented Living Theatre. Under the direction of Joseph Chaikin and Roberta Sklar, the Open Theatre has toured Europe and feels the same political commitment as the Living Theatre...