Review: Daniel Craig and Ruth Negga’s ‘Macbeth’ Is Chic but Incomprehensible
I won’t say I felt completely satisfied (for that, give me a truly kickass Macbeth-Macduff fight). But I was entertained, and heard some great language spoken by legends of my time. And evil, in the end, was defeated. I think.
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“Mr. Saturday Night” is Just Not Very Funny
In Mr. Saturday Night, the musical based on Billy Crystal’s eponymous film from 1992, we meet Buddy Young, Jr. (played by Crystal), an aging Jewish comic who looks back at his illustrious career and craves to return to the spotlight. Caught in this desire to make something of himself again, are his wife Elaine (Randy […]
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This ‘POTUS’ Gets Our Vote
For as long as I can remember, I have disliked farces—right from my literature undergrad days—because it’s always been a little distasteful to uncover who a farce laughs at. As a woman of color, and an immigrant, I am also a bit weary of the “pantsuit”-ness and the “lean in”-ness of liberal rich women politics. […]
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