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Engel inserts the audience both physically and dramatically into the action. Physically, the audience is underground with the cast, divided into three sections around the stage, and looking through green diaphanous curtains which hang from the ceiling like death shrouds. Coffin covers, large bones and all manner of trailer trash interlaced through the kudzuesque drapings complete the illusion of depth...
...Buildings and Grounds Maintenance Association, a union which represented 256 employees, held a two-week-long strike that threatened the well-being of the University's facilities. As a result of the work stoppage, police officers put fighting crime on the back burner and began collecting the trash...
...grocery store and live regular lives.' There are going to be a lot more films too, because this is America. It's trend oriented." Unfortunately, if the black-oriented romance novels that came to market after McMillan's well-written book struck gold are any indication, it's also trash oriented, no matter what ethnic group it's aiming at. What a tragedy if African Americans' understandable desire to see themselves on the big screen becomes an excuse to smother all of us in slick Hollywood trash...
...least as much fanfare as could be drummed up for programs built around former stars of Beverly Hills, 90210 and The Partridge Family--only four remain; all are struggling. Even the more established shows have seen their ratings fall. Ricki Lake, whose success prompted the current batch of trash-talking clones, has seen her ratings fall 10% since 1994. Rivera's numbers have dropped even more steeply, 20%, which may indicate that his conversion is not 100% altruistic. Other shows in similar straits--including Mark Walberg's and Jerry Springer's--either have announced or are considering kinder, gentler makeovers...
...RECEIVING MY ISSUE OF TIME, I CAREfully removed the cover, ripped it in half, put it in the trash compactor and turned the switch. What bliss! RICHARD S. KOCHAN Washington...