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This woman is inevitably a figure of fun. In Arvin Brown's perfect production at New Haven's Long Wharf Theater, her blindness becomes a tragic symbol of the willful ignorance of a nation. Tony winner Elizabeth Wilson (Sticks and Bones) is supremely tough-minded and understated. So is the rest of the 24-member cast, notably Charles Keating in the sentimental role of a faded movie star (played by John Barrymore in the 1933 film). This is probably the finest revival of a classic by any U.S. regional theater this year...
While it's tragic that Willie Horton committed his heinous crime, it's just as unfortunate that George Bush is exploiting the incident for partisan purposes. And it will be unforgivable if Bush keeps his pledge to abolish furloughs and allows this valuable correctional tool to become a casualty of his campaign demogoguery...
...these grim facts, the rabbis' letter is thin in commentary. While there are no totally innocent victims in the tragic Israeli-Palestinian conflict, it is Israel which dominates and oppresses the Palestinians, not the reverse. There is no possible justification for Israel's heinous actions, and the rabbis do a great disservice to all involved parties by obscuring and implicitly excusing them. Robert Weissman '88-'89 Jaron Bourke...
...typical movie biography, the protagonist struggles against the world's indifference and malevolence to make himself heard. In the process he acquires those spiritual wounds that justify his bad behavior and lend his inevitable tragic end an instructive note: treat talent kindly; it may be in touch with the infinite...
...full of sympathy for them. It is tragic that they must wait 30 or 40 years for an apartment, that they cannot afford so many things that the rest of the world has. If the young ones start shouting and demonstrating, well, that is the right of youth. I would also be shouting if I were them. I would make Walesa's life harder...