Here are two actual reviews of “Angels in America,” the leftist play hailed by every living critic as a masterpiece for the ages. Dale Peck sees its datedness, as well as its merits. Timothy Hulsey is much tougher. Money quote:
The scenes and speeches in Angels never add up, perhaps because Kushner’s characters don’t change or progress much over time. Roy Cohn, the one major character who never fails to impress audiences (and who gives actors a chance to tear off whole chunks of scenery with their teeth), starts the play as an amoral son-of-a-bitch, and ends the play as an amoral son-of-a-bitch. Prior Walter, the protagonist, begins the play as a sweet, introspective left-winger with a trust fund, and ends as a sweet, introspective left-winger with a trust fund. You’d think that angels and AIDS would have had more of an impact on these guys, but no.
I also didn’t realize that Kushner had written an earlier play equating tolerance of Ronald Reagan with aquiescence in Nazism. Ahead of his time, for a change.
ONE QUITS: Kudos to Jewish World Review for pointing out how the religious right’s “Alliance for Marriage” has also allied itself with some terror-supporting Muslim outfits. Hey, it’s one thing the mullahs and Richard John Neuhaus can agree upon. One major conservative rabbi has now quit the organization. Will more follow? Stay tuned.
JEWCY FRUIT: A new line in t-shirts for the Jewishly inclined.
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