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What Our Fathers Did
When the British/French renowned human rights lawyer Phillipe Sands was doing research for a book he was writing about crimes against humanity he came across two elderly German/Austrian men. One was Niklas Frank who’s father was Hans Frank, Hitler’s personal lawyer and, from October 1939, governor-general of Nazi-occupied Poland, which came to include Galicia. The other…
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Macbeth (of the Oppressed)
There are seemingly endless ways to play any of Shakespeare’s great classic dramas and NY gets to see yet another interpretation of his Scottish tragedy Macbeth this Fall. Fab Marquee Productions are presenting Macbeth (of the Oppressed) at The 14th Street Y which will feature two real-life husbands in the starring roles, and with most of…
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Matt Damon plays 'dress up' with James Corden
queerguru doesn’t usually like to boast (!) but we had one up on fellow Brit James Corden last night when he confessed that hadn’t seen Ridley Scott’s latest Hollywood blockbuster ‘The Martian’ as it has not been released yet. We have though as we caught a press preview …. and surprised ourselves by how much we…
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The Second Mother
Val is a much put-upon live-in maid to a lazy and self-absorbed wealthy family in Sao Paulo. She’s the housekeeper, cleaner, cook, gardener and even pool boy, yet she’s practically invisible to her employers Barbara and Carlos until they want something. Strangely enough she accepts their rather callous and off-hand treatment mainly because being there…
