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Last Wednesday, March 10, 1993, The Crimson printed a comic strip called Sillee Sox that was blatantly offensive to Muslims and perpetuated sweeping misconceptions of Islam on campus. For those who missed the comic strip: It starts with a mouse in the middle of the desert lecturing three other mice about Satan in celebration of the bombing of the World Trade Center. Then the mouse goes on to say, "Now, brothers, what beloved symbol of the great Satan shall we strike at next?' And the rest of the mice pitch in, "By the beard of the prophet" and "Allah...
...midst of all the Muslim-bashing which has been going on recently, this comic strip doesn't seem out of place. Of course, the reason for all the anti-Muslim sentiment is not new, but recently it has been spurred by the fact that a Muslim is now suspect in the bombing of the World Trade Center. It might be worth noting that he is only a suspect, but in an environment full of misconceptions about Muslims that may be enough to prove his guilt. What is overlooked is that his suspect, even if he were guilty, is not representative...
...novel and pares it down to two actors who alternate personalities and sexes with cheerless machination in a game of sex and vengeance. Winsome Brown as the Marchioness, Merteuil, plays her role with bloodthirsty relish. Her obvious confidence and professionalism enable her to add the strain of comic self-consciousness that brings the play to life. Brown moves in tightening circles around Tom Hopkins as Valmont, the lethargic predator turned prey. Hopkins' Valmont is charming and at times strikingly perverse. On the other hand, the interaction between these two is oddly flattened, and the seductive tension which might have developed...
...illustrate the miserable cultural inadequacy of the American elite. She also knows how to drill her cast: the delivery is snappy, maintaining pace in what might otherwise degenerate into a random sequence of incidents. Rendell marshalls the complicated restaurant scenes brilliantly. Above all, she has an excellent sense of comic timing, and milks the text for all (and more than) it's worth...
...Chorus Line, and David Zippel, whose lyrics for City of Angels were the wittiest in years. Graciela Daniele, a six-time Tony nominee, was recruited to mount musical numbers. The leads were cast with Bernadette Peters, the reigning diva of musicals, and Martin Short, an effervescent TV and film comic making his Broadway debut. So potent was the combination that a year in advance, industry leaders pegged the show to sweep the Tonys...