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Archive for January, 2007

31
Jan

Ghost By Henrik Ibsen, Directed By James Furlong

RetroVision Theater took a look at Community Theater this week and found, anything but community level entertainment. Aptly described as a tale about hypocrisy and lies, Henrik Ibsen’s Ghost, directed by Jim Furlong is playing at the Hudson Guild Theater in the Chelsea section of Manhattan and surprisingly surpassing expectations.

The story unfolds in a remote village in Norway, where a young man returns home from near banishment by his prim and proper mother doing all she can to keep her son from knowing the true nature of his errant and philandering father. Trying to maintain a modicum of respectability, Mrs. Alving, is forced by ugly family circumstances to reveal lifelong secrets that would be considered scandalous by the standards of Victorian era morals. Written in 1881, the Norwegian playwright’s efforts were banned as too hot to handle, but by today’s modes of living, it would be just another case of mama, daddy drama.

The cast was more than adequate for the works challenging emotional outcries, which gave the audience a real sense of sorrow and connection to and for the protagonist.

Without giving away too much of the story, it is safe to say, that all is not well and as in real life, not much of the story ends well.

In summation, for a mere pittance, Ghost is a recommendation I would make without reservation.

Lee “The Cool Guy”

Here is what you need to know:
The Place
Hudson Guild
Opened
January 27, 2007
Closing
February 10, 2007
The Shows
Jan 27 at 8pm,
Jan 28 at 3pm, Feb 2 at 8pm,
Feb 3 at 2pm, Feb 8 at 7:30pm,
Feb 9 at 8pm, Feb 10 at 2pm
The Price
Pay what you can; however,$10 is the suggested donation
The Number
212-760-9817
The Author
Henrik Ibsen
The Director
James Furlong
The Producing Company
Hudson Guild Theatre Company
The Cast
Giovanna Henson
David King
Jim Furlong
Fay Greenbaum
Lindo Del Core
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31
Jan

RetroVision Media With Faith Schwartz

If you like sixties styled humor and music,then you are gonna love Faith Schwartz

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31
Jan

Russ Feingold Fighting The Fight While Hillary Looks For Cover Behind Resolutions

Russ Feingold challenges Hillary Clinton and others who showed poor judgment in voting for the Iraq war to get tough with a redeployment plan, even if they have to withhold the war’s funding… Hillary Clinton takes the safe route as per usual… James Baker says, give the new way forward, (surge) a chance… while Lee Hamilton says maybe, but the Iraqis’ efforts better show results sooner than later.
Today’s podcast includes an episode of The Hermits cave: The Author of Murder
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Today’s feature movie completes our Alfred Hitchcock film festival with the 1927 classic, The Lodger. The plot: A man is suspected of being a serial killer; some things never change.
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30
Jan

Who Owns Hillary Clinton

Slow news day, as most media outlets elected to cover Hillary Clinton’s joke dealing with evil men while alluding to her experience with slick Willie, as she pandered to a mostly female crowd on the campaign trail. We on the other hand, decided to look into Hillary’s funding sources, as she is reportedly poised to raise $100 million for her run for the presidency.
As a New Yorker, Lee “The Cool Guy” failed to see what Hillary Clinton has done to deserve the contributions and the attention, beyond the fact that she is the first women to seriously be considered for the post. In our opinion, she has effectively sidestepped evaded and ignored all of the tough issues in her first term as a New York state senator to raise said cash. Click here to check on your representatives. We feel, if your are not comfortable with the candidate, you won’t be comfortable with their financial backers. We ask, why has Arizonza Gov. Janet Napolitano not been been looked at as a potential candidate?
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Today’s programming includes the episode of Philip Marlowe, Heat Wave.
We continue our Alfred Hitchcock festival with Sabotage staring Sylvia Sydney and Oskar Homolka. Great story about a London theater owner who maintains a secret life as a paid terrorist.
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29
Jan

Joe Liberman Is Looking To Settle Some Scores With Democrats

Joe Lieberman announced Sunday that he will support any candidate that backs the president’s views on victory in Iraq, while acknowledging he is a true independent despite previous connections with the Democratic Party. Joe Lieberman says enough with the resolutions, as he is prepared to support a republican if necessary. We think Joe is ready to exact a bit of payback to those who failed to support him in his run for the senate against war critic Ned Lamont in Connecticut.
Lee wonders whether a vote for Joe Lieberman in November 2006 was as much a vote for Israel’s security as for America’s.
Joe Biden dispels the notion that his resolution and that of John Warner’s emboldens our enemies, while warning that the president’s actions and lack of success to date is doing the real harm; and more….
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Today’s feature movie is Secret Agent directed by Alfred Hitchcock and staring Peter Lorre as the general. During WW2, a British novelist finds out a government agency has faked his death. Joining a professional hit man, they look for clues to get to the bottom of a very cleaver plot.
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26
Jan

Comic Betsy Wise At The No Name And A Bag O Chips Show


The Friday Funnies Are Back!
As promised, we’re back with comedy on Fridays. We cought Betsy Wise performing on short notice in the No Name And A Bag O Chips Show hosted By Eric Vetter @ Mo Pitkins House of Satisfaction in the east village NYC. Save her by clicking here or photo to stream.

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26
Jan

British Discontent With Iraq

We cover the British House of Commons’ debate of the middle east and the war in Iraq today for the purpose of gathering and presenting a broader prospective on the most talked about and divisive issue America is confronting today.
We think you will find striking similarities between our cousins across the pond in our strong disagreement with the stance of our governments are taking and the handling thereof.
In other news, the president will meet with fellow republicans at a retreat over the next few days, to discuss future strategies to curtail the downwardly spiraling public sentiment toward their efforts. The Iraq war is reportedly not going to dominate the agenda. According to White House spokesman Tony Snow, healthcare, energy and other issues will be the highlight. The president has agreed to meet with the Democrats in like fashion soon, but we doubt he will have little else to deal with beyond the Iraq issue.
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I know it is Friday and it’s cold here in the northeast, so we thought you’d like something really cool to chill with today. Checkout The Last Woman on Earth staring Robert Town and Betsy Jones-Moreland. A couple goes skin-diving while hanging in Puerto Rico,but when they come up for air, everybody on the island is dead. Maybe the whole world! Enjoy!
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25
Jan

Chuck Hagel Is Resolute!

Does This Look Like A Face You Want To Haggle With?


The Senate Foreign Relations Committee lead by Sen. Joe Biden Wednesday passed a non-binding resolution trashing President Bush’s plan to send more U.S. troops to Iraq.
Chairman Biden introduced the resolution last week with Sen. Chuck Hagel, senior Republican on the committee with Armed Services Committee Chairman Carl Levin.
The vote was 12-9 with Hagel as the only Republican with the guts to join the Democrats, while only three Republicans on the panel publicly stated concerns over the president’s new plan.
Sen. Hagel challenged all attending to stop politicking, and take a stand for what is right without considering their next election. While Hagel has not formally announced a run for the presidency, he is getting attention from those that think his stand could look favorable to people uncomfortable with John McCain and Rudy Giuliani.
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Today’s classic movie is The Bat staring Vincent Price and Agnes Moorehead. This one is about a mystery writer secluded in a mansion his “creeped-out” by a slim-ball trying to find a fortune in securities and willing to commit murder to get them. Enjoy
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24
Jan

Greener Grasses The Play

Sometimes a picture really is worth a thousand words. This Black Box Theater Wednesday we get a closer look at talented writer/director/producer
Sabura Rashid,creator of Greener Grasses; A play about post traumatic slave disorder.

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24
Jan

Improved Delivery, But Same Crap!

President Bush is getting mixed results with State of Union address last night, as he gave pretty much, the same old, same old effort, without the usual stammering for the right words. While touching on all the hot button issues including but not limited to, healthcare, the no child left behind stuff, social security, immigration and the usual lets help the poor Africans with dough for HIV, and dough for malaria he threw in the standard uplifting tributes to heroes and role models, to close the evening. All in all, there was little to chew on, but what could one expect, considering the true state of the nation.
Jim Webb gives the Democrat response, with Hillary Clinton and Barack Obama chiming in too boot.
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Today’s classic movie is Too Late For Tears staring Lizabeth Scott. One night on a lonely highway, a speeding car tosses a bag of cash meant for someone else, and some stupid couple thinks they can keep it for themselves…think again
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