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This Town is an outrageous and well-constructed political parody by Sidney Blumenthal, the special political correspondent for The New Yorker and long-time Washington observer. But before you race to catch the performance on C-SPAN (where the show will in fact be aired) you must be warned of one thing: this is a play of politicos, by politicos, and for politicos. The Gov Jocks and "in the loop" political junkies among us will chuckle with knowing recognition when faced with Blumenthal's expose of the inner workings of the Washington power game. But after two hours of this...
...liked the Yankees growing up, but Torre was mindful and respectful of the pinstripe tradition, which is one reason he took baseball's most dangerous job. Maybe the '96 Yankees and Torre were a good match because he is, as owner George Steinbrenner likes to point out, a New Yorker--the first native New Yorker ever to manage the Yankees. More likely, though, these Yanks have responded to Torre's toughlove. Late in the season, Torre detected a subtle change in the way his best player, Bernie Williams, was playing center. "I told him I wasn't seeing the life...
...perceptive, engaging, but ultimately frustrating new book, The Politics of Memory: Looking for Germany in the New Germany (Random House; 293 pages; $27.50), Jane Kramer, who writes the "Letter from Europe" column for the New Yorker, addresses the question of how the former West Germans and the former East Germans are adjusting to each other. She finds wariness and disappointment; they are making an edgy acceptance of unity without much enthusiasm. "As far as 'mentality' goes," Kramer writes, paraphrasing the thoughts of one German, "the Wall is very high in Germany, and will still be high in ten or twenty...
Sidney Blumenthal--investigative journalist, author of five books and the political analyst for The New Yorker--has written a political satire about the Washington press corps. The play, This Town, will go up at the Kennedy School of Government this weekend. Why is this news? Because an insider has decided to humorously expose the reality we see every day--sensationalism in the media for the benefit of a sleaze-hungry public...
Gomes will also be featured in the Nov. 4 issue of The New Yorker...