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Dates: during 1970-1979
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The character whose adventures make up most of the novel's action. Mr. Jiveass Nigger himself, is a young black from the rural South with the unfortunate name of...well...George Washington. Jiveass is a first degree con artist, a black stud who lives off white women and weaves a...

Author: By Lynn M. Darling, | Title: Books Mr. Jiveass Nigger | 4/18/1970 | See Source »

Following the conclusion of the book, there is a short epilogue, entitled. "An Epiphanic Conclusion of Some Important Matters." In it. Cecil Brown addresses the character of the book's title and raps about some of the themes presented in the tale itself. He has a few words for those...

Author: By Lynn M. Darling, | Title: Books Mr. Jiveass Nigger | 4/18/1970 | See Source »

The Mikado is one of the more difficult G and S works to perform. Most directors play it either for slapstick or subtlety, but rarely for both. This time, music director John Posner and stage director Timothy Rush have managed to bring out all of the nuances of the work...

Author: By Michael Ryan, | Title: Operettas The Mikado at Agassiz Theatre April 17-19; 23-25 | 4/18/1970 | See Source »

If the B. A. A. cared about maintaining the character of the Marathon by allowing everyone to run, it could curtail some of the conveniences it now provides. I'm sure most competitors could do without the stew served afterwards, and I'd be willing to bet that another Hopkinton...

Author: By Bennett H. Beach, | Title: Soaking Up the Bennies | 4/15/1970 | See Source »

Lauren Bacall is the pearl in a half-good, half-not-so-good oyster of a musical called Applause. Star quality is supposed to be indefinable, but Bacall helps to define it. Just as one does not have to search for Picasso's signature to recognize a Picasso, so...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Theater: Bacallelujah! | 4/13/1970 | See Source »

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