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Bulldozed by Naiveté [WSJ Theater Critic Trashes Rachel Corrie Play]
Wall Street Journal ^
| October 21, 2006
| Terry Teachout
Posted on 10/21/2006 2:26:19 AM PDT by L.N. Smithee
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How bad is the play? Says Teachout, it's worse than Tim Robbins' play. OUCH!
To: L.N. Smithee
I wouldn't call it inspiring.....in fact, it left me feeling a bit flat.
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posted on
10/21/2006 2:29:24 AM PDT
by
edpc
(Violence is ALWAYS a solution. Maybe not the right one....but a solution nonetheless)
To: edpc
WHAT ABOUT FOLEY?
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posted on
10/21/2006 2:57:50 AM PDT
by
Dallas59
(Muslims Are Only Guests In Western Countries)
To: edpc
in fact, it left me feeling a bit flat. LOL!
It left me craving a stack of pancakes.
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posted on
10/21/2006 3:02:59 AM PDT
by
Allegra
(Super Elastic Bubble Plastic!)
To: L.N. Smithee
"My Name Is Rachel Corrie," by contrast, is a scrappy, one-sided monologue consisting of nothing but the fugitive observations of a young woman who, like so many idealists, treated her emotions as facts. "I am disappointed," she declares, "that this is the base reality of our world and that we, in fact, participate in it. This is not at all what I asked for when I came into this world." None of asked to come into the world without being ruler of it. But some of us came to terms with the fact that other people have something to say about that . . . before we even got into grammar school.
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posted on
10/21/2006 3:17:08 AM PDT
by
conservatism_IS_compassion
(The idea around which liberalism coheres is that NOTHING actually matters except PR.)
To: Allegra
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posted on
10/21/2006 3:18:07 AM PDT
by
Kozak
(Anti Shahada: " There is no God named Allah, and Muhammed is his False Prophet")
To: L.N. Smithee
Alan Rickman...he plays such great, deranged movie villains, in Robin Hood, and Die Hard. Maybe his secret is, he isn't acting.
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posted on
10/21/2006 3:43:41 AM PDT
by
YaYa123
To: YaYa123
don't forget Professor Snape.
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posted on
10/21/2006 3:48:38 AM PDT
by
Mercat
(Ìïõ ðáñïõóéÜóôå ôé ï Mohammed Ýöåñå ðïõ Þôáí íÝïò, êáé åêåß èá âñåßôå ôá ðñÜãìáôá ìüíï êáêÜ êáé áðÜí)
To: YaYa123
Yeah, Rickman is an amazing actor. Sounds like he shouldn't give up his day job!
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posted on
10/21/2006 3:54:13 AM PDT
by
Future Snake Eater
(The plan was simple, like my brother-in-law Phil. But unlike Phil, this plan just might work.)
To: L.N. Smithee
It's just more anti-semitism packaged as 60s style give-peace-a-chance baloney.
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posted on
10/21/2006 4:07:52 AM PDT
by
kjo
To: L.N. Smithee
IMO, I would guess that she is a product of today's public government schooling and incredibly unenlightened parents. Her parents probably concentrated on building up her self esteem. The play is more like abstract art and a testimony to her life, albeit an empty one.
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posted on
10/21/2006 4:31:14 AM PDT
by
olezip
To: Mercat
shhhhh, don't tell anyone I'm Harry Potter illiterate.
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posted on
10/21/2006 4:43:31 AM PDT
by
YaYa123
To: Aaron0617
c'mon not a true Rachel Corrie thread without my favorite..
To: conservatism_IS_compassion
Raising children the liberal way seems, more often than not, to result in a narcissistic and grossly prideful person.
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posted on
10/21/2006 4:47:19 AM PDT
by
visualops
(artlife.us)
To: visualops
I know it's my job to tell my granddaughter that there is more to life than polly pocket. sigh. We had a lot of fun with The Lion the Witch and the Wordrobe last year.
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posted on
10/21/2006 4:48:51 AM PDT
by
Mercat
(Ìïõ ðáñïõóéÜóôå ôé ï Mohammed Ýöåñå ðïõ Þôáí íÝïò, êáé åêåß èá âñåßôå ôá ðñÜãìáôá ìüíï êáêÜ êáé áðÜí)
To: L.N. Smithee; Slings and Arrows
To: L.N. Smithee
Terror advocate dies in accident. Atrocious drama ensues...*Snicker* At least the review is amusing. :)
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posted on
10/21/2006 5:14:39 AM PDT
by
veronica
(http://www.freerepublic.com/~starcmc/)
To: YaYa123
You forgot Dr. Lazarus in Galaxy Quest. My favorite role.
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posted on
10/21/2006 5:21:09 AM PDT
by
sportutegrl
(This thread is useless without pix.)
To: L.N. Smithee
It's a morality tale about the consequences of being a left-wing moonbat. Unintentially, of course.
To: L.N. Smithee
I think that a new play should be written about the catepillar bulldozer...how its feeling have been hurt ...maligned by the lib/dem muzzie loving left....
this is just as stupid as this play!!!
screw this dope usueful idiot of the muzzies...none even know her name and could care less about how she wasted her life.....
the true victim is catepilllar getting bad press....
otherwise....this shi-ite on off-broadway just portrays how bad plays are and how stupid people are in going and wasting money to see this crap!!!
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posted on
10/21/2006 5:36:58 AM PDT
by
hnj_00
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