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...boundaries of this drug opus' lasting and profound influence. As a historian, Tucker is fair, acknowledging the film's many faults and the gradual emergence of a vast, underground fan base. And he spends a good many chapters detailing the ways in which the movie reached beyond the theater, inspiring everyone from TV producers to music executives to criminals...
...Let’s see what this national nightmare would look like.” Last Friday’s performance wasn’t perfect, but it didn’t need to be. You won’t see another piece of theater anywhere on campus that feels this viscerally relevant.Political assassinations happen all over the world, but there is something distinctly American about the act, some combination of violence, theatricality, and grotesque individual ambition that resonates in the bones of the culture. As Sondheim sees them, America’s Presidential assassins—there are nine...
Many observers regard Karzai's announcement as a piece of crude political theater in preparation for next fall's presidential election. Xenophobia has always proved popular in Afghan politics, so by appearing defiant Karzai can hope to gain more support, which has been steadily diminishing over frustration with his government's inability to provide security or development. In addition, Karzai can no longer be assured of unwavering U.S. support once the new Administration comes in. In 2004 Karzai benefited from U.S. backing in the country's first election, but President-elect Barack Obama has been clear about his dissatisfaction with...
...negative publicity is having an effect on both companies and individuals. Scott Eckern, artistic director of the California Musical Theatre in Sacramento, whose $1,000 donation was listed on ElectionTrack, chose to resign from his post this week to protect the theater from public criticism. Karger says a "soft boycott" his group had started against Bolthouse Farms - which gave $100,000 to Prop. 8 - was dropped after he reached a settlement with the company. Bolthouse Farms was to give an equal amount of money to gay rights political causes. The amount ultimately equaled...
...must not get entangled in pointless debates about 'good' civilian versus 'bad' military approaches," de Hoop Scheffer said in Berlin on Monday. "Rather, we must bring civilian and military efforts closer together in a comprehensive approach - both in-theater, and, as important, at the institutional level...