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Actually E-Coli Beach. Only city council would go ahead in the style of Ibsen’s An Enemy of the People and rush to open a dangerous attraction which health authorities and a Thomas Stockman will eventually call them on for its … Continue reading →

God help us one and all. It’ll be ‘fun’ watching them drive themselves relying on GPS technology to get lost, take longer, busier routes, etc. Won’t it be ‘fun’ too to see how they make out reading highway signs, turn-off … Continue reading →

A well-done 1979 drama directed by the late great Otto Preminger adapted from Greene’s novel. clever dialogue by Tom Stoppard and well-acted by Nicol Williamson (whom I met at McNally when he was in town) and Richard Attenborough, John Gielgud, … Continue reading →

For me, there is always a magic about seeing a good live play. This summer I’ll take in the Free Will Players’ The Comedy of Errors which is one of the few Shakespeares I’ve not read or seen. I’ve literally … Continue reading →

What a positive delight of acting performances featuring James Mason, Vanessa Redgrave (near the start of her career), Simone Signoret, David Warner, and Denholm Elliott! Wonderfully directed by the late great Sidney Lumet who brought so many plays to the … Continue reading →

by being anti-book, anti-literature, anti-classics, and anti-critical thinking and reading. “The use of letters,” says Gibbon (in The Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire), “is the principal circumstance that distinguishes a civilized people from a herd of savages.” This … Continue reading →

Trump. Trudeau. Putin. Kim. Iveson. Driverless cars. Robot cashiers. Sex dolls. Screens in schools. Technocrats. Non-stop advertising everywhere. Guns. Home solicitation. Reverse discrimination in the name of political correctness. Hypocrisy. Social media and trolls. Mammon worship. Egomaniacs. Agendas. Flagrant corruption. … Continue reading →

where kids can’t experience one iota or second of the greatest expressions of the human spirit.

Putin Says Russia Has Not Left the G7–Not True Trump says he’ll punish ‘the people of Canada because of Trudeau’s news conference Opinion: Will America Lose Canada? (NY Times) Trudeau’s Eyebrows at G7 Set Social Media Off (CNN) Why Trudeau … Continue reading →

having three evil power-hungry egomaniacs running the world is not good for the planet in the short and long runs. These guys are ruthless, dangerous, evil, and prepared to destroy millions at the drop of a hat. They are the … Continue reading →