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Sexual harassment and Roman Polanski’s ‘Chinatown’
When opportunity knocks for men
Are you mystified by recent revelations of sexual harassment in high places? You night find an explanation in the character of Noah Cross, the villain of Roman Polanski’s 1974 film classic, 'Chinatown.'
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When Donald met Candice
Memory serves
Candice Bergen once claimed Donald Trump had tried and failed to date her when she was a student at Penn. Now she says she went out with him once. Welcome to the wonderful world of “encouraged memory.” Dan Rottenberg considers.
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Criminal justice and Philadelphia’s new District Attorney
What were they thinking? What are we thinking?
Philadelphians this month turned their criminal-justice system over to a man who has spent his career fighting against that same system. What’s a law-abiding citizen to think? For an answer, pay a visit to America’s most infamous prison. Dan Rottenberg considers.
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How to avoid workplace witch hunters
Just stop it
Sometimes it's hard to tell when a pat on the rear at work is harmless and when it's harassment. Just kidding, it's not hard at all. Wendy Rosenfield considers.
Wendy Rosenfieldand Illustration by Hannah Kaplan
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Mike Daisey and arts critics at Philadelphia Theatre Company
Theater and journalism confront the abyss
An arts journalism panel, in tandem with a rant by monologist Mike Daisey, amounted to a digital-age requiem for theater and journalism alike. Is there no hope for order out of this chaos? Dan Rottenberg considers.
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Jimmy Tayoun, performance artist
The illusionist
In dreary midcentury Philadelphia, a glib, charming, energetic, audacious hustler like Jimmy Tayoun would be forgiven almost anything — especially the lack of substance beneath his shiny façade. Dan Rottenberg considers.
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Remembering Michael LeLand when the Barrymore Awards forgot
Goodbye again, friend
Monday night's Barrymore Awards memorial segment omitted Michael LeLand, an important longtime member of Philadelphia's theater community. How did that happen? Wendy Rosenfield considers.
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Theaters, critics, and free speech
The nagging price of freedom
It never ceases to amaze me when theatrical creators assert freedom of expression for themselves but deny it to others.
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Donald Trump’s condolence call
"Believe me": On the empathy beat with President Trump
You read it here first: the unexpurgated transcript of President Trump’s phone call to a grieving army widow. (Would we lie to you?) Dan Rottenberg listens in.
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Is MJ Kaufman's 'Destiny Estimate' "too personal" to review?
A closed opening
MJ Kaufman's world premiere 'Destiny Estimate' opens this week to audiences — but not to critics. Wendy Rosenfield considers.
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