Culture
A “Threepenny” production to take on the road
April 11, 2016Pepperdine University's Theatre Department has just presented a short four-performance run of the classic.
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Sex, rock ‘n’ roll, and baseball: Linklater’s “Everybody Wants Some!!”
April 7, 2016Amidst the drink, drugs, sex, rock 'n' roll and baseball are funny sight gags, revealing a slapstick sensibility.
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“The Brainwashing of My Dad”: Rightwing agitprop’s cult-like effects
April 6, 2016Senko's 90-minute documentary explores the techniques of and effects rightwing media has on listeners/viewers/readers.
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“Six Characters in Search of An Author”: Performing Pirandello’s pirouettes
April 6, 2016Sicilian playwright Luigi Pirandello's iconoclastic play is all the more impressive when one takes into account that its premiere in Rome was way back in 1921.
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Spy parenting 101: Deadly decisions on “The Americans”
April 1, 2016Characters Philip and Elizabeth Jennings are good parents. That is their baseline identity.
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