Has Gus Savage finally met his match?
Tag: Vol. 19 No. 21
Issue of March 9, 1990
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No Illusions, No Escape
RALPH LEMON COMPANY at MoMing Dance & Arts Center March 1-4 Think of someone you love. Think of eyes, the line of a cheek, the laugh and voice. Imagine that person dying. Now imagine yourself imagining for 45 minutes that that person is dying. That’s roughly the experience of watching Ralph Lemon’s Sleep, the second […]
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Jerome Cooper
Offering a set of solo improvisation for drums and percussion would seem to be a promising way of emptying a performance space; but those streaming for the exits would clearly be people unfamiliar with Jerome Cooper, who applies a particularly judicious sensibility to his instruments. In so doing, he plays against type. Even in a […]
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Scientific Souls
To the editors: I was appalled at the highly dubious “absolute truths” described in your cover story for the February 9 issue (“Uncle J.R. Explains It All for You”). For example, Prof. Regalbuto “is absolutely certain . . . that animals have no moral rights, that abortion is always wrong . . .” Then these […]
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Healthy Ambition
To the editors: Your article about Edwin Eisendrath’s family tree in a recent Reader [February 16] was one of the most insightful articles I have read, in this paper, in a long time. Imagine my surprise and even disappointment, when after reading every word and line of that rather lengthy work, I came away with […]
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“Master Harold” . . . and the Boys
“MASTER HAROLD” . . . AND THE BOYS Argyle Gargoyle Productions at the Edgewater Theatre Hally, barely into his teens, shares with his mother the proprietorship of the Saint George’s Park Tea Room. They also share terrible memories of his drunken invalid father, a man who fell as short in his role of father as […]
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Party Politics
To the editors: This is to express the concern of the entire Ghanaian Community in Chicago about an advertisement that appeared in the 23rd February 1990 issue of the THE READER (Section 2, Page 13). The advertisement purports to organize a dance in celebration of the 33rd anniversary of the Independence of Ghana, by the […]
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The Sports Section
The baseball lockout is unique among labor disagreements because at its core it’s not about economics, it’s about power. Unions can become so strong they can practically dictate terms to ownership–at least they used to be able to–but even at this stage most unions can make the argument that they are simply attempting to get […]
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The Art of Politics: How Lois Can Go/Actors’ Enmity, or The Impudence of Being Honest/How Many Russians Does It Take to Satiate an Audience?/More Ballet Notes/Oh What a Feeling/This Winter’s Winner
Seated in the middle is James Deuter, who’s told the press that the actor on the left is “woefully inadequate” and the actress on the right “doesn’t have a clue.” Going onstage every night must be a drag for all concerned.
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The Paper for Reflective Materialists
To the editors: Flip through Harold Henderson’s “Uncle J.R. Explains It All for You” (February 9), and what do you find? A story about UIC Professor John R. Regalbuto’s search for an “absolute standard” for human conduct in our material universe, yes, certainly, but a story the text of which was printed in eight out […]
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The Bitter Tea of General Yen
Frank Capra’s very atypical drama about an American missionary (Barbara Stanwyck) being taken prisoner by a Chinese warlord (Nils Asther) is not only his masterpiece, but one of the great love stories to come out of Hollywood in the 30s–subtle, delicate, moody, mystical, and passionate. Joseph Walker shot it through filters and with textured shadows […]
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The Duck Variations
THE DUCK VARIATIONS Ignatz Players at Sheffield’s Sometimes it seems as if David Mamet, with his artful meanderings and patented rhythms, has been with us forever. His mark is everywhere. It seems a long, long time ago that characters spoke in full sentences free of expletives. And yet 18 years ago, that dialogue was an […]
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How Edwin Eisendrath Is Like a Navel Orange
To the editors: Yippee for Ben Joravsky and Reader editors. In their Feb. 16 article on Edwin Eisendrath, they show Eisendrath as a strong and ambitious contender for Sidney Yates’ post in Congress–a post which Yates clearly has held for far too long. Joravsky shows Eisendrath as a serious man with powerful feelings for his […]
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Michael Feinstein
With his aggressive, love-me grin and oily good looks, Michael Feinstein comes across like the ultimate cocktail-lounge crooner, so the fresh phrasing that makes old standards shine like new is especially impressive; there isn’t a cliched inflection to be heard in Feinstein’s performance. At his best–when he’s singing the best material–he’s a sublime dramatic interpreter. […]