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May 2013

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COMMENTARY

The Squirrel and My Cat
Michael Bettencourt
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On April 6, 2013, I was attacked
by a squirrel on my back deck
while having lunch with
the Marvelous Maria Beatriz
.

The Jew In The Box
 Arthur Meiselman
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He sat propped up against the back wall, one of his legs twisted away from him like a puppet's limb. His reddish and blue face was a mask smoothed and scrambled by the plastic bag over his head.

What I Learned About King Lear
Nathan Thomas

Scene4 Magazine: Nathan Thomas | www.scene4.com Having recently completed
a run playing Lear, I've learned
a few things.
I pass them on to
those who are interested.

Revising History
Les Marcott

Scene4 Magazine: Les Marcott | www.scene4.comOften we learn that these vaunted historical figures were not gods but flesh and bone like the rest
of us whose lives consisted of
vices and poor judgment.


Pros Up the Wazoo
Claudine Jones

Scene4 Magazine: Claudine Jones | www.scene4.com Don't quite recall how the subject of defining professional came up, but as usual, once a word enters the domestic atmosphere, it stays until it has been replaced or has worn out its welcome.

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Scene4 Magazine: "Z " reviewed by Miles David Moore | May 2013 | www.scene4.com

FILM (reviews)
Z
No
Zero Dark Thirty
Z is the father of any number of political thrillers with tragic or problematic endings. Forty-four years after its release, it remains the model for all political thrillers.
Miles David Moore

Scene4 Magazine | The Anatomy of Collaboration | May 2013 ! www.scene4.com

THEATRE and FILM
The Anatomy of Collaboration
The Musical Play as a Social Context of Songwriting.
It's diplomacy, it's psychology, it's a lot of psychiatry—it's knowing the person you're dealing with, and the sensitivities of the two of you. Some writers can't collaborate
.
Ernie Harburg and Bernard Rosenberg

Scene4 Magazine - Ballet Revivals at San Francisco Ballet | reviewed by Renate Stendhal | May 2013 | www.scene4.com

DANCE
Ballet Comparisons

Best and second best in San Francisco Ballet
revivals - bringing back John Cranko's 1965 ballet Eugene Onegin for a second season was a no-brainer.
Renate Stendhal

Stein's "America"
The best remedy against trench foot was keeping the feet dry. In WWI, Stein ordered a Ford truck from America and turned it into an ambulance and distributed
Red Cross supplies.

Karren LaLonde Alenier

How'm I Doing?
Koch: The Documentary

The film brought forth other flashbacks: pictures of the mayor, trying to stifle persistent rumors that he was gay, pretending to have a romantic relationship with a former Miss America.
Kathi Wolfe

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ARTS OF THAILAND
Treasures
Khung Phra Chao Lanna

A live outdoor exhibition of the Life of the Lord Buddha. Each concept is expressed through different architectural buildings and scenes.
Janine Yasovant
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COMICS
My Old Man!
Free, Jewish, and 91

An ongoing series by
Scene4's resident and soon to be deported mad cartoonist

Elliot Feldman

 

Perspectives
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Dead Daffodils
The Photography of Jon Rendell

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Scene4 Magazine: The Art of David Wiley - "Listening" | May 2013 | www.scene4.com

Listening/Focal Point
The Art of David Wiley

writings
monologue

The Boogeyman  Les Marcott
It's not always the stray or the intended bullet.  It's not the bad heart, the bad liver, the Mad Cow disease, Anthrax, the knock out punch of a heavyweight fighter.  And it's not the bus that comes out of nowhere to plow you over. 

dialogue

Violetta's Wish -'Trust'  Griselda Steiner
Lyric duet from the musical Hypatia  

poetry

Five Easy Irish-Americans  Patrick Walsh
Riordan, Jimmy Riordan,
was an ex-pug turned thug
who darkened the darkness
of the Blarney Stone by day.

video

Scene4 Magazine: Perspectives - Dialogue | Undress Me | Michael Bettencourt | May 2013 | www.scene4.comUndress Me  Michael Bettencourt
In a bar, Laura turns to Stefan and asks him to undress her by word of mouth, in his best mother tongue.

Scene4 Magazine: Perspectives - Dialogue | The Greed Gene | Michael Bettencourt | May 2013 | www.scene4.comThe Greed Gene  Michael Bettencourt
A young couple is told by their genetic counselor — the "genie of genes" — that their child has the greed gene, and there is nothing they can do to stop the expression of the gene. What are they going to do?

audio
Scene4 Magazine: Perspectives - Audio | Theatre Thoughts  | Michael Bettencourt | May 2013 | www.scene4.com

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Theatre Thoughts 
Eros on the Escalator
Drama can happen on the contra-flow of escalators.
Art vs Commerce
If you're not selling something, it's not art.
 
Authoritarian Musicals
When you leave a musical, you're anybody's fool.
Backstage
The frontstage magic all happens backstage.
The Fever Dream of Captain America
Our fever dream of empire has weakened the body politic.
Imagination and Identity
No more script ghettos -- free the imagination!

 

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The Dresser addresses what's
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Miles David Moore
Thoughts and observations
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