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...holiday of Purim itself embodies this sort of juxtaposition. As the book of Esther tells us, the day upon which the massacre was to have occurred "was turned from sorrow to joy, and from mourning to holiday." The day before Purim is traditionally observed as a fast day, which serves to remind us of the terribly real danger that the Jews faced, and of how narrowly the massacre was averted. Purim is not merely a celebration; it is a transformation of great sorrow into joy...
JUNE 7 MUST HAVE BEEN A GRAY DAY for the most impassioned computer geeks--the ones who find pure joy in Websites devoted to monitoring the process of brewing coffee. That was the date that The Spot, the first serial drama designed specifically for the Internet, made its debut. But the Net's first narrative-driven vehicle did not venture into the mysteries of science fiction. Nor did it relate any apocalyptic fantasies about virtual militiamen. Instead it offered the lifeblood of housewives in terry-cloth slippers: a sexed-up daytime serial...
...equally fantastic. With amazing energy, Epstein plays up Tartuffe's wry sleaziness and brilliant dishonesty. His bursting libido and utterly unbelievable self-flagellation are comedy over three centuries old, but they still seem fresh in Epstein's hands. Watching Epstein, the ART's oldest and best actor, is pure joy...
...curtain rose, I saw the first of many surprisingly exquisite sets. These painted wonders were the lone source of continuous joy in the production. Unfortunately, this first set heralded the arrival of a long sequence of scenes introducing an unnecessarily large cast of outlandish characters. After the third such scene, there were many more than Pirandello's "Six," and they were searching for a plot, not an author...
Basketball fans who have experienced the joy of watching his genius on the court, the joy of watching his joy, can understand the longing Magic must have felt these past four years. "They said playing basketball would kill me," he says. "Well, not playing basketball was killing me." His 6-ft. 9-in. body has changed, but not his heart. When Michael Jordan successfully returned to the game last year, the original M.J. felt somewhat wistful. And as Earvin III grew older, Earvin II found another, compelling reason to return. Says Magic: "My son had heard from other fathers that...