Issue of 2004-11-22
Posted 2004-11-15
THE TALK OF THE TOWN
COMMENT/ THE OLD MAN/ David Remnick on Yasir Arafat's legacy.
PERSONAL RESPONSIBILITY DEPT./ ACT NOW/ Michael Specter on the activist Larry Kramer's latest speech.
REVIVALS/ CINDERELLA STORY/ Nancy Franklin on "Cinderella" at City Opera.
AT THE GALLERIES/ UNZIPPED/ Calvin Tomkins attends the opening of Timothy Greenfield-Sanders's porn-star portrait show.
THE BOARDS/ RESONATING/ Lillian Ross visits Randy Quaid on the set of Sam Shepard's new play.
ANNALS OF CULTURE/ Something Borrowed/ Malcolm Gladwell/ Is it fair to complain about plagiarism?
SHOUTS & MURMURS/ Patricia Marx/ Pledge Drive
THE SPORTING SCENE/ Roger Angell/ The year the Red Sox made it happen.
FICTION/ Allan Gurganus/ "My Heart Is a Snake Farm"
THE CRITICS
THE CURRENT CINEMA/ In and Out of Love/ David Denby/ The films of Pedro AlmodŰvar.
THE ART WORLD/ The Charmer/ Peter Schjeldahl/ Young Raphael, in London.
BOOKS/ Get Happy/ Adam Kirsch/ Richard Wilbur and the poetry of profusion.
A CRITIC AT LARGE/ Lost Boys/ Anthony Lane/ Why J. M. Barrie created Peter Pan.
POP MUSIC/ Bingo in Swansea/ Sasha Frere-Jones/ Maya Arulpragasam's world.
THE THEATRE/ Soul Sketches/ John Lahr/ Tennessee Williams's unknown one-acts.
FROM THE ARCHIVE
LETTER FROM EUROPE/ Jane Kramer/ Liberty, Equality, Sorority/ On the political parity law in France/ Issue of 2000-05-29