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Next Up at the Yale Rep: Stones in His Pockets
The next Yale Repertory Theater show, beginning previews Thursday, January 25 and having its opening night on January 31, is Stones in His Pockets. The show plays through Feb. 16. (These are the correct dates, changed from an earlier version of this...Tags: Broadway Theater, Arts and Culture, Entertainment Events, Literature, Boy George
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Our immodest proposal
The Times ran an Op-Ed article on Dec. 28 with the headline "Crayons, pencil, gun: What's missing from the typical kindergartner's backpack? A pistol." The writer, Daniel Akst, was responding to what he considered an absurd suggestion by the National...
Tags: National Rifle Association of America, Vaccines, Republic of Ireland
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On Theater: Two give all to local theaters
While most theater practitioners gravitate from show to show, venue to venue, a few may be found putting in years of artistic labor on behalf of one specific producing organization. Two such individuals are spotlighted this week. The Costa Mesa...Tags: Hearing Impairment, Artists, Fine Artists, Arts and Culture, Music Theater
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Life Out Here: A Swift kick needed
This country needs a Swift kick to the behind in 2013 — a Jonathan Swift kick to the behind. Swift, the greatest satirist ever, has been dead for more than 250 years, but he would have great fodder in the United States of America as it stands...
Tags: Politics, Weaponry, Teaching and Learning, Talk Shows (genre), Teachers
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Arm the kindergartners? Times readers weigh in
“Crayons, pencil, gun” -- an opinion piece in Friday’s Times -- hit the mark. In his Op-Ed article, Daniel Akst wrote: “For some reason nobody in this country is willing to admit the obvious, which is that the poor helpless kids...Tags: Wayne LaPierre, Personal Weapon Control, National Rifle Association of America, Politics, Arts and Culture
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“Reality Show” brings Adam Rifkin’s dark, satirical vision to Showtime
Channel Guide MagazineReality Show may be completely fictional, but Adam Rifkin would wager that it contains more truth than an actual, um, reality show. The writer/producer/director/star (no word on whether he did the catering as well) of the eight-part Showtime series ... -
Tim Donnelly exploring run for California governor
PolitiCalThe Colbert Report Get More: Colbert Report Full Episodes,Political Humor & Satire Blog,Video Archive It looks as if at least one Republican is getting ready to take on Gov. Jerry Brown. Conservative Assemblyman Tim Donnelly (R-Hesperia), a vehement... -
#MuslimRage met with Muslim satire
World NowThe aggressive headline advertised the cover article by author Ayaan Hirsi Ali, itself a subject of furious debate over her take on Islam, extremism and free speech. Hirsi Ali, a Somali woman who fled an arranged marriage and became a forceful critic of... -
'Kony 2012' makers launch new video aimed at African warlord
L.A. NOWInvisible Children has a new video about African warlord Joseph Kony six months after Jason Russell, one of the group's leaders, had a very public meltdown.... -
Hobbit or Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtle, Sean Astin is all in
Channel Guide MagazineIt’s almost hard to believe that the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles franchise has been around as long as it has. In 1984, when the Turtles had their birth in what was intended to be a one-off comic book satirizing popular comic-book tropes of the day,... -
THE BOOKWORM SEZ: 'Totally Mad' is filled with nostalgia
Contributing Writer“Totally MAD: 60 Years of Humor, Satire, Stupidity and Stupidity.” Edited by John Ficarra, c. 2012, Time Home Entertainment, $34.95/$37.95 Canada, 256 pages. There are many things you still wish you had from your childhood. Freedom to...Tags: Newspaper and Magazine, Periodicals, Dave Berg, Patents, Copyrights and Trademarks, Entertainment
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Faithful reading of hit 'Book of Mormon'
“I'm about to do it for the first time,” chirps goofy Mormon missionary Elder Cunningham. “And I'm gonna do it with a girl!” The young man in a white shirt and tie isn't singing about a lusty encounter, but a holy rite of passage...Tags: Robert J. Lopez, Religion and Belief, Star Wars (movie), Mormonism, The New York Times
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