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Why it is wrong to call HBO's 'Girls' racist
The Baltimore SunI have been watching the backlash against HBO's groundbreaking comedy "Girls" the last couple of weeks, and much of it looks to be coming from writers and wannabe critics who might just be jealous of Lena Dunham's success. Racism is a complicated and...Tags: Sociology, Racism, HBO (tv network), Girls (tv program), The Washington Post
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Black History Month movie: 'Intruder in the Dust'
Hollywood never provided a richer picture of the Jim Crow South than Clarence Brown's "Intruder in the Dust," a fresh, inspired adaptation of William Faulkner's 1948 novel. It's not a message movie about racial injustice. It's about the American...Tags: Racism, Black History Month, Murder, Minority Groups, Walker Evans
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An outpouring of Maryland books
Special to the SunHere is the first half of the annual attempt at a census of books written by Marylanders or related to Maryland. The second half is scheduled for next Sunday. Art, Architecture The Art of Acquiring: A Portrait of Etta and Claribel Cone, by Mary...Tags: Society, Bars and Clubs, Biography (genre), Patapsco, Sex
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Carl Clark: photographer with a purpose
DRAWING UPON genius and despair, Carl Clark brings hope to his people, his neighborhood and to himself. At the corner of Linden Avenue and Ducatel Street -- once called Dodge City in honor of the many shootings there -- they call him The Picture Man. He...Tags: Arts, Armed Forces, U.S. Army, Colleges and Universities, Minority Groups
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Word power
Earlier this year, when Russian President Vladimir Putin proposed a 100-book required reading list for his compatriots, it provoked anxiety, rekindling memories of Soviet-era censorship. The furor underscored an important point: that literature plays a...
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Teen's death raises questions
They do not see you. For every African American, it comes as surely as hard times, setback and tears, that moment when you realize somebody is looking right at you and yet, not seeing you - as if you had become cellophane, as if you had become air, as...Tags: NAACP, Pulitzer Prize Awards, Edgar Allan Poe, Entertainment Events
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Leonard Pitts Jr.: Teen's death raises painful, pressing questions
Leonard PittsThey do not see you. For every African American, it comes as surely as hard times, setback and tears, that moment when you realize somebody is looking right at you and yet, not seeing you -- as if you had become cellophane, as if you had become air, as...Tags: NAACP, Edgar Allan Poe
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Pointed Jabs Punctuate Generally Calmer Debate Of Democratic Candidates For U.S. Senate
The Hartford CourantThe five Democrats running forU.S. Senate each offer similar prescriptions for reinvigorating the U.S. economy, controlling college costs, and ensuring Americans have affordable health coverage. Still, Monday's hour-long debate hosted by CT-1 Media at...Tags: Chris Shays, Joe Lieberman, Parties and Movements, Chris Murphy, Health and Safety at School
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Christopher Shinn's "Now Or Later" Gets U.S. Premiere At Huntington
Hartford CourantChristopher Shinn's political drama, "Now or Later," will have its U.S. premiere at Boston's Huntington Theatre Company this fall. Michael Wilson, former artistic director of Hartford Stage, will direct the play which runs Oct. 12 to Nov. 10 at the...Tags: Michael Wilson, Fritz Lang, M (movie), Lorraine Hansberry, Hartford Stage
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'Invisible Man' headed to Washington, Boston
The Studio Theatre inWashington, D.C. and the Huntington Theatre in Boston have announced that they both will be staging "The Invisible Man" during the 2012-13 season. Oren Jacoby's new stage adaptation of the Ralph Ellison novel premiered last fall at... -
Charles Newell is on an amazing theatrical roll at Court Theatre
Charles Newell's office is spotless. Unnervingly tidy. Standing in it makes you feel as though you have intruded on a magazine photo shoot about anal-retentive work environments. His desk, which looks out onto 55th Street in Hyde Park, gleams: There's not...Tags: Arts, Civil Rights, Tom Stoppard, Tony Kushner, The Empire Strikes Back (movie)
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Celebrity Scoop: Nyambi Nyambi
Zap2ItNyambi Nyambi, who plays wisecracking, educated waiter Samuel on CBS' "Mike & Molly," has had two defining moments for an actor onstage. He was an understudy in "Joe Turner's Come and Gone," his favorite play, by his favorite playwright, August Wilson,...Tags: Dr. Seuss, France, Celebrities, Manhattan (New York City), Lincoln Center
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