What we want is for Al Pacino to convey something deeper, something illuminating about the fall of the hero from the highest reaches of the gods.
sexual abuse
Theater Commentary: Horovitz and Sexual Harassment — Why Did it Take Over 20 Years?
Does anyone really believe that there is no sexual harassment going on in Boston area theater companies today?
Theater Commentary: Twenty Years Ago — Stonewalling Charges of Sexual Harassment
These articles dramatize, sadly, who was listened to and who wasn’t when sexual allegations were made against playwright Israel Horovitz in the early ’90s.
By Request: Out of the Past — Sexual Harassment, Trouble at the Gloucester Stage Company
Let us hope that today’s revelations will be taken more seriously than charges of sexual harassment and assault were back in 1993.
Film Review: “Call Me Lucky” — An Extraordinary Portrait of Satirist Barry Crimmins
A labor of love that’s more than merely that, Call Me Lucky is one of the few great movies to come out so far this year.
Author Interview: “An Accident of Hope” — Analyzing the Psychotherapy of Anne Sexton
“An Accident of Hope” is a fascinating read for anyone interested in writers, writing, psychotherapy, women, medical ethics and American society just before the great upheaval of the 1960s.