arts and culture – Page 139

Canadian author Stephen Gowans’s fresh view of Korea’s struggle for freedom

August 22, 2019 By Tim Pelzer

For those wanting to learn about modern Korean history, Stephen Gowans’s Patriots, Traitors and Empires: The Story of Korea’s Struggle for Freedom is highly recommended.

Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley’s Freudian ‘Frankenstein’ on stage in Pasadena

August 21, 2019 By Ed Rampell

A Noise Within’s (ANW) Frankenstein is one of the most striking plays I’ve ever seen.

‘Fefu and Her Friends’: Fornés’s feminist odyssey at the Odyssey

August 16, 2019 By Ed Rampell

With its cast of eight, Fefu is well acted and not without humor—although it is more of the ironic, sardonic sort than the laugh-out-loud brand found in most comedies.

Outrageous hilarity of ‘The Producers’ a critique of capitalist fraud

August 15, 2019 By Eric A. Gordon

I haven’t heard it lately as part of Bernie Sanders’s current shtick, but I distinctly recall him saying in his last presidential run that “Fraud is the business model of Wall Street.”

400th Anniversary Anti-Slavery Cinema Commemoration in Los Angeles

August 14, 2019 By Special to People’s World

The 400th Anniversary Anti-Slavery Cinema Commemoration takes place from 12:00 noon to 10:00 pm, on Sun., Aug. 25, at the Los Angeles Workers Center.