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Newark, New Jersey. The name had a ring of hope to it. At least, that's what Cornell and Minnie Wolf thought 34 years ago when they boarded the "Southern Comfort Special" in Albany, Ga., bound for Newark and a better life. Cornell, a hulking, powerful man who never got past the third grade, had toiled on the "bossman's" plantation picking beans, peanuts and cotton from can't-see in the morning until can't-see at night. Like thousands of Southern blacks, he had heard stories about those high-paying Northern jobs, those red brick Northern houses...
...running down his sleeves and pant legs. For the first time, a matador had sold space on his costume for advertising. The Japanese electronics firm (the name translates as "red" in Japanese) is paying the 29-year-old, second-class matador about $16,000 every time he enters the ring in his logo-embellished outfit. That is roughly ten times as much as his pay for bullfighting alone...
Farce makes such weighty points through belly-aching humor, a point director Chad Raphael well understands. His stagings are often brilliantly choreographed, bringing out the full chaotic energy of the work. The nightclub entertainment scene metamorphoses into a very credible three-ring circus complete with a strong man in a leopard skin (Ken), scantily-clad female (Lisa Lindley), fat lady (Eileen), can-can dancer (Ted), and Elvis impersonator (Donal Logue)--a deliriously wild spectacle that is one of this show's unforgettable moments. In this scene, Raphael also reminds us of Orton's message that we are all guests...
...hostages, thereby raising the value of the innocent captives and inviting the seizure of more. When an aide questioned the legality of the bargaining, Reagan replied, "The American people will never forgive me if I fail to get these hostages out over this legal question." The comment carried a ring distressingly close to the spontaneous declaration of Fawn Hall, North's document-shredding secretary: "Sometimes you have to go above the written...
...blunt testimony seemed to mesmerize the committee. After Oliver North's flag-waving and Poindexter's tale of keeping Reagan ignorant of the diversion of arms profits to the contras, Shultz's dead-earnest presentation carried a clearer ring of credibility. His memory on key points seemed to be sharper than the highly selective recollections of North and Poindexter. Among a number of legislators commending Shultz, Republican Senator Warren Rudman of New Hampshire told him, "The real heroes are people who speak up to their President, make their views known, and are willing to take great personal risks in confronting...