Word: tragic
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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Allegation 1: that Francis Albert dodged the draft. Ridiculous. Everyone knows he was in both the Army and the Navy during World War II. You've seen him singing and dancing in a sailor suit while on shore leave. And you saw the tragic fight he waged while trying to defend Pearl Harbor against Ernest Borgnine. Some may say, "But those were just movies," but that's the point! It was Frank's obligation as a celebrity to keep morale high on the home front. That is what we ask of our stars during wartime, not to become cannon fodder...
...JIMMY SMITS FAREWELL (ABC) NYPD Blue dispatched Detective Bobby Simone in four intensely moving episodes. Smits' low-key virility and Dennis Franz's emotionalism played perfectly in the tragic setting, and if you have to die, Kim Delaney is the woman--tender, beautiful--to have at your side...
...Martin McDonough's extraordinary play, about a mother and daughter testing each other's patience in a bleak corner of rural Ireland, gradually displays an imposing arsenal of playwrighting weapons: a well-made plot that keeps bending in unexpected ways; flashes of sardonic comedy; and a sense of tragic inevitability that Ibsen himself might have admired. Flawlessly performed by the original London cast (three of the four won Tonys), it is one of the major theatrical experiences...
...sense of confusion. The concept of a "hate crime" is one which I have had problems with for some time. The death of Rita (William) Hester is without question a tragedy. However, I fail to see why Hester's gender should make her (his) death any more or less tragic. Murder is already illegal, and stigmatized by society about as much as possible. Creating a sliding scale based on motive for the severity of society's punishment for murders-or indeed for any crime-will not reduce the incidence of their commission...
...seems the present system in the United States is the only workable solution. That is tragic, though. All too often, we confuse "the moral" with "the religious," stigmatizing any discussion of morality in the public arena. Religion should rightfully be kept out of political discourse, but the underlying idea for which all religions stand--leading one's life in a rightful, moral manner--should never be marginalized...