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BACK TALK: RANDOM THOUGHTS ABOUT OSCAR
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Sunday, March 9, 2008. RANDOM THOUGHTS ABOUT OSCAR. There Will Be Blood. For example, the memorable scene with Arthur Edens- ace litigator of Kenner, Bach, and Ledeen, gone bonkers after six years defending the manufacturer of a toxic pesticide- walking down Broadway, a haunted expression on his face, totally lost in the dazzling lights of corporate America. James Newton Howard who wrote the music for Michael Clayton. Declared hors concours,. By the judges,. And Marion Cotillard ( La Vie En Rose. For her...
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BACK TALK: January 2008
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Tuesday, January 22, 2008. A TURKEY IN THE OVAL OFFICE. A TURKEY IN THE OVAL OFFICE. Imagine a turkey in the Oval Office. It's called November. Which recently opened at the Ethel Barrymore Theater. Starring Nathan Lane who looks presidential, even sounds presidential if you recall Nixon's obscenity-laced Watergate tapes. And, of course, being Nathan Lane he's funny too! The writer is David Mamet. So you might think perhaps that the gray electric vision of the author of American Buffalo. The man might eve...
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BACK TALK: November 2007
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Monday, November 26, 2007. THE DARK SIDE OF THE MOON. I caught Prison Nation. On TV this past Sunday. National Geo branching out into the human condition, which PrisNat. But I digress. Let me say at the outset in keeping with full disclosure that one of the folks responsible for this powerful documentary happens to be someone I know quite well, in fact my co-writer on a couple of books. That the New York Times. As a Sunday TV highlight only increased my interest. And, as it turned out, the Times.
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BACK TALK: November 2008
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Saturday, November 22, 2008. IT'S 2008- TIME FOR A CHANGE. It was too awful to contemplate. We decided to leave the country for a couple of weeks of R&R and return refreshed to vote on November 4th. But where to go to escape American politics? We shouted in unison. A country loaded with hearty monosyllabic ex-Vikings and obsessed (refreshingly) with herring and H.C. Andersen. Besides, we'd never been there. It was worth a try. The second was, "Do you think he'll win? Of course he'll survive," I shot back...
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BACK TALK: December 2007
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Monday, December 17, 2007. ON THE OVERNIGHT TO ALGECIRAS. The latest issue of TLS. Is always worth a look. In this one (7 December 2007), John Fletcher has a review that I especially liked. Short and pregnant. The book, Les Trois Exils; Juifs d'Algerie. A non-Muslim subject of a state governed in accordance with sharia law). Awfully sorry," he apologized. "Hope you don't mind.". Benjamin Azulay," he introduced himself. He had the bluest eyes I'd ever seen. Yes How did you know? That sounded okay to us...
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BACK TALK: MICHAEL GOLDBERG (December 24, 1924-December 30, 2007)
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Monday, March 3, 2008. MICHAEL GOLDBERG (December 24, 1924-December 30, 2007). A Memorial was held for the artist on March 1, 2008 at St. Mark's Church in-the-Bowery. There were tributes by members of the family and friends:. Lynda Benglis (read by the artist's wife, Lynn Umlauf). In addition, a video entitled Michael Goldberg- Bowery Studio Days (1998-2000). By Bill Page Productions was played. The event was supported by The Poetry Project and Knoedler and Company. All my love.". Following a brief perio...
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BACK TALK: FRENCH KISSING ON THE RUE DE VALOIS--MARK DI SUVERO IN PARIS
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Saturday, June 21, 2008. FRENCH KISSING ON THE RUE DE VALOIS- MARK DI SUVERO IN PARIS. At the side of the room, the television cameramen had wearied of taking preliminary shots of the medalists and guests. Even Korean TV News seemed by now to have enough footage of the seated Madame Ra Hee Kong in her stunning ceremonial kimona. Madame Kong, the director of the Samsung art collection, was also to be honored by the French government. Her husband is the owner of the Samsung Corporation. He smiled, waved...
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BACK TALK: HAMLET'S HANDS
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Tuesday, September 22, 2009. When Jude Law's Hamlet. Opened earlier this year at London's Donmar West End, The Sunday Times'. Reviewer (Christopher Hart) was glad to see it. Though fearing the worst from a movie star in the difficult title role, Hart in the end was pleasantly surprised. And so was I the other night when the Danish prince arrived in New York for previews prior to opening on October 6th (with almost the same cast in the principal parts) at the Broadhurst on West 44th Street.
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BACK TALK: June 2008
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Saturday, June 21, 2008. FRENCH KISSING ON THE RUE DE VALOIS- MARK DI SUVERO IN PARIS. At the side of the room, the television cameramen had wearied of taking preliminary shots of the medalists and guests. Even Korean TV News seemed by now to have enough footage of the seated Madame Ra Hee Kong in her stunning ceremonial kimona. Madame Kong, the director of the Samsung art collection, was also to be honored by the French government. Her husband is the owner of the Samsung Corporation. He smiled, waved...
