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Month: December 2011
How Dare I Slam the Square!
Living just a block away from Times Square, I’ve become accustomed to swarms of tourists hogging the sidewalks. But around this time of year the sheer number of out-of-towners makes me want to pull out a bazooka and gun ’em all down. The Americans are overly enthusiastic and horribly dressed, the Europeans are fussy and…
Old Gray Lady Adores Old Blond Lady!
I knew a New York Times review was coming for Lady Bunny’s cabaret show, That Ain’t No Lady. Last week I pitched in by working the box office, when the guests included one of the paper’s theatre critics, David Rooney. Well, his review is out and it’s a rave—the sort of high-falutin’ praise that every entertainer longs…
Nightmare Before Christmas
The thought of presidential candidate Newt Gingrich and his Stepford wife Callista in the White House gives me chills!
The Glory of North Korean Art!
Call me a red-bellied Communist but I won’t deny my fascination for the stylized realism of North Korean painting. HEROIC DEPICTIONS OF ITS LEADERS! IDYLLIC SCENES OF EVERYDAY LIFE! ANTI IMPERIALISM PROPAGANDA! Even the cruelest dictators like art.