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...What's most notable here is less his (legitimate) minimizing of his role in the scandal than his choice of the Tonto characterization. But Powell wasn't bolting from the side of his former boss. Far from it. So deep was his loyalty that Iran-Contra special prosecutor Lawrence Walsh opined in his report that Powell had been less than forthcoming with the investigation. Powell, of course, was furious, and publicly challenged the assertion - certainly nobody believes he had a leading role in that scandal, and it's unlikely to impede his passage to Foggy Bottom...
...vandalism's $8000 setback is just the tip of the contention iceberg. Tucker has received hate mail, plus a threat from a woman who says she will throw herself in front of the bulldozer if the university continues with construction. At the request of residents and State Representative Martin Walsh (D-Dorchester), the dramatic smashing extended the project's moratorium, which had begun two months before the incident...
...last-minute dirty trick, and I turned my anger at the sleazy politicians who were making the disclosure--not an October surprise, but a November surprise. The timing reminded me of the release of the [Iran-contra independent counsel Lawrence] Walsh indictment of Cap Weinberger late in the game in 1992. One CNN poll had us closing the gap. But that's all it took. From there on, things stayed the same...
Augustine and Walsh attack an inconsistent text with ambition and energy. It is rare to see a musical that is smart, but the direction and choreography of this production make it just that. The use of swings in the Coney Island scene provide a visual metaphor for the suburban front-porch-swing respectability for which Charity longs, and the choreography of a dance scene in which the women shake their breasts and the men perform pelvic thrusts, and then switch roles, provides a welcome gender-bender in a musical which at times seems dated. Subtle twists like these, along with...
Kathryn B. Walsh...