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...David Chelsea (Reed Press; 192 pp.; $16.95) also includes plenty of sex, but the only violence is of the mind. Finally back in print after first appearing in 1993, the book chronicles Chelsea's relationship during his early twenties with "Minnie," a gawky-looking but charismatic would-be actress with deep insecurities and a hopeless commitment phobia. The character's various pairings in the pre-HIV world of the early '80s read like a soft-core black comedy...
...production has ignited enormous interest in Indonesia's intellectual circles. In February, the influential Bali-based arts journal Latitudes devoted a special issue to I La Galigo?the poem and the show. Indonesian actress and icon Christine Hakim is filming a documentary about the production. Yet it is unclear whether the show will ever be performed in its home country. No theater in Indonesia has the technical resources to stage it, and the cost of renting and hauling the necessary machinery even to Jakarta is prohibitive in a nation that spends very little on culture...
Even the villainous Caiphas, the head Jewish rabbi, is a straw man. He is only characterized by his desire to kill Jesus. There is no subtlety, only his desire to kill this man, the hollowest of villains. Mary Magdalene, played by red-hot actress Monica Bellucci, has even less to do. The extent of her interaction with Jesus is to wash his feet in a flashback sequence and sob with mother Mary as they watch Jesus get led to his death. But since the audience has never been exposed to these characters, their mourning comes close to farce...
Even the villainous Caiphas, the head Jewish rabbi, is a straw man. He is only characterized by his desire to kill Jesus. There is no subtlety, only his desire to kill this man, the hollowest of villains. Mary Magdalene, played by red-hot actress Monica Bellucci, has even less to do. The extent of her interaction with Jesus is to wash his feet in a flashback sequence and sob with mother Mary as they watch Jesus get led to his death. But since the audience has never been exposed to these characters, their mourning comes close to farce...
DIED. JAN MINER, 86, stage and film actress best known for her role as Madge, the manicurist in Palmolive commercials from 1966 to 1992; in Bethel, Conn. In the ads the wisecracking Madge would praise the gentleness of the dish detergent to a customer, who would invariably react in shock when informed that her hands were soaking...