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...JONATHAN SHAPIRO...
...Kevin Shapiro, editor of The Harvard Salient,said the book's criticisms ring somewhattrue--contending that some humanities departmentsare "mired in a postmodern deconstructionistquagmire"--but says on the whole Harvard'sprofessors remain "the most brilliant andaccomplished members of their respective academicfields...
...second half of Slavs! begins exchanges dark humor for just plain darkness, but the exchange is an important one. Jessica Shapiro '00, playing a "mutant" little Siberian girl named Vodya who cannot speak due to radiation poisoning, gives a haunting performance without saying a word--one that resonates in your head for days. Erin Billings '99, as Vodya's mother, laces her character with such hostile helplessness that one wants to both hug her and run far away from her. Her poisonous glares at Rodent and her razor-sharp words chill the entire audience to the bone; yet one cannot...
...frightening than when she was silent), they all contemplate the purpose of one's existence and the use of fighting for beliefs in a world that, ultimately, leaves almost all of its inhabitants asking, "What is to be done?" Leaving that question hanging in the air, Amblad, Siemens and Shapiro stare at the audience for a good while before leaving the stage, and thus ending the play. To be smacked in the face with such despondency--and the proof that it is unfortunately universal--leaves a bitter taste at the end of the otherwise absurdly delightful Slavs!. But what...
Then again, no one would confuse personal-injury lawyer Jim ("the Hammer") Shapiro with the Pillsbury Doughboy. He is experimenting with several versions of his one-second spot, at $35 each, in upstate New York. In one ad he yells "Hurt!" while the word comes hurtling at the viewer in large orange letters, above his phone number. Even at a second, the ad is as subtle as a car wreck--and, Shapiro hopes, just as likely to bring him new clients...