Culture
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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“Film” and “Notfilm”: Playwright Samuel Beckett meets Buster Keaton
April 1, 2016On the face of it, a collaboration between Beckett and Buster Keaton sounds like an unlikely alliance of artists.
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“A Singular They”: Intersex drama explores teenage angst
March 31, 2016Most coming of age stories don't also involve deciding what gender you want to be. That's the dilemma facing the lead character in this play.
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“Batman v Superman”: It’s hero vs. hero, but the audience loses
March 31, 2016This film is the cinematic equivalent of a child slamming two plastic toy dinosaurs into one another.
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“Madame Butterfly”: The racial/sexual politics of cross-cultural concubinage
March 30, 2016LA Opera's current production of Giacomo Puccini's "Madame Butterfly" hits not only a homer, but a grand slam.
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