Issue of 2004-04-05
Posted 2004-03-29
THE TALK OF THE TOWN
COMMENT/ THE WAR OVER THE WAR/ Mark Danner on Richard Clarke and the lessons of Iraq.
THE WATERFRONT/ OIL SPILL/ Ben McGrath chases the spill in Queens.
DEPT. OF DEFILEMENT/ NECK FACE/ Dana Goodyear on a mischievous New York artist.
THRILL OF VICTORY DEPT./ PIZZA GUY/ Field Maloney in Staten Island with a freestyle-pizza-toss champ.
THE FINANCIAL PAGE/ PUNCTUALITY PAYS/ James Surowiecki on Ecuadoreansí crusade against lateness.
SHOUTS & MURMURS/ John Kenney/ The Truth
A REPORTER AT LARGE/ Burkhard Bilger/ The Height Gap/ Europeans are getting taller; why arenít we?
FICTION/ Jonathan Lethem/ "Super Goat Man"
THE CRITICS
MUSICAL EVENTS/ Alex Ross/ Mysteries of Love/ Karita Mattilaís transfixing Salome.
THE THEATRE/ John Lahr/ Screwballs & Oddballs/ Comedy and collapse in "Twentieth Century" and "Well."
BOOKS/ Louis Menand/ Mean to Gene/ The strange career of Eugene McCarthy.
ON TELEVISION/ Nancy Franklin/ It Takes Two/ "Significant Others" showcases the comedy in coupling. [a great review for a show with our friend in it. -greg]
THE CURRENT CINEMA/ Anthony Lane/ Heists/ "The Ladykillers," "Intermission."
FROM THE ARCHIVES
THE TALK OF THE TOWN/ James Stevenson/ McCarthy in New York/ Issue of 1968-03-02
THE THEATRE/ Wolcott Gibbs/ Two Old Friends/ Issue of 1951-01-06