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No One Claps For The Critic - Pittsburgh Quarterly (opens the original)
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I have always felt that the sentence most essential to democracy — and to free expression — is the 1906 quote, often attributed to Voltaire, but actually from the English writer Evelyn Beatrice Hall: “I disapprove of what you say, but I will defend to the death your right to say it.” Only a couple of decades ago, one would often encounter this statement, but now it appears to have fallen utterly out of fashion, as subsequent generations are less and less amenable to its inherent open-mindedness.
No One Claps For The Critic - Pittsburgh Quarterly (opens the original)
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I have always felt that the sentence most essential to democracy — and to free expression — is the 1906 quote, often attributed to Voltaire, but actually from the English writer Evelyn Beatrice Hall: “I disapprove of what you say, but I will defend to the death your right to say it.” Only a couple of decades ago, one would often encounter this statement, but now it appears to have fallen utterly out of fashion, as subsequent generations are less and less amenable to its inherent open-mindedness.
Kinetic’s “The Murder of Roger Ackroyd” Has All the Clues - Pittsburgh Quarterly (opens the original)
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We could just as well discuss the historical influence of Agatha Christie’s 1926 novel “The Murder of Roger Ackroyd,” as we could its mechanistic genius as a whodunnit. The British Crime Writer’s Association voted it the best crime novel ever, and it’s been cited by famous writers over the past century for its innovative style; in fact, the work is often referred to as her greatest masterpiece. For that matter, we could delve into the archetypes of the 12 characters – which have been imitated co
Kinetic’s “Henry Johnson” Asks Visceral Questions With No Easy Answers - Pittsburgh Quarterly (opens the original)
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If you remember the scene in David Mamet’s “Glengarry Glen Ross” when Al Pacino’s character bamboozles some poor sap in a bar with a stream of grandiloquent bullshit, and sells him on a worthless real estate investment, then you have a good idea what his new play (presented by Kinetic Theatre, in only its third production) “Henry Johnson” (2023) feels like. Although in this case there are three bullshitters – a lawyer, a convict, and a prison guard – who try to bamboozle the feckless and morally
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