You know that the emperor is sparsely clad when even some of the contributors to the New York Times forums concede they fell asleep in the middle of “Angels in America.” The NYT has devoted week after week and page after page to the most glowing hype about this production I can remember. So did almost every other major outlet. I read nothing but raves. (No, I haven’t watched it yet. I just got cable two days ago. But I will try and slog through it this Sunday, as I did with the original, interminable stage production.) But the ratings were execrable, despite the massive hype. Hmmm. Could it be that Frank Rich is wrong, and that this pretentious left-wing screed is, er, just a pretentious left-wing screed?
BEYOND RED AND BLUE: Here’s a map that tries to make sense of American regional politics without the red-and-blue dichotomy. Worth a gander.
The Dish 