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COMMENTARY

Affirmative Action Reaction
Michael Bettencourt

I hate to say this but, yes, I,
a middle-aged, balding, white male,
benefitted from affirmative action.
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Where Silence Has Lease
Arthur Meiselman

For ten years we were lovers
an affair of the heart, I called it. No,
you are a thief of hearts, she would say.
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Another Dichotomy
Nathan Thomas

All stories have plot holes. Get over it.
The amazing thing is that
we pay so little attention to them.
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The Night Charlie Rich Burned the Envelope
Les Marcott

I enjoy the unscripted utterance, the
moment of clarity, the inconvenient truth,
the proverbial skunk at the garden party.
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Stalker
Claudine Jones
Scene4 Magazine: Claudine Jones | www.scene4.com
Rats. Almost got myself arrested today
at a protest. It would have been
my first time but I wasn't quite prepared
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FILM (reviews)
Much Ado About Nothing
Joss Whedon's Much Ado About Nothing is one of the best films of the year, and deserves a place of honor among the various cinematic adaptations of Shakespeare.
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Miles David Moore

PAINTING
Maurice Prendergast
He was a unique voice in late nineteenth and early twentieth century American art. He linked European modernism to American social realism.
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Carla Maria Verdino-Süllwold

ARTS OF THAILAND
Srijai Kuntawang is a singular Thai artist and printmaker.
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Janine Yasovant
Click here for page in Thai


	*Hannah Arendt* Upon exiting Margarethe von Trotta's film Hannah Arendt, some thoughts about what Gertrude Stein said about World War II and Germans. Continue Reading... Karren LaLonde Alenier

		COMICS My Old Man! This is a sardine can Boychik, you should have a got a Buick An ongoing series by Scene4's resident and Florida swamp-loving mad cartoonist. See it... Elliot Feldman


	Friendship in the City The Real Love Story One reason why "Sex" is beloved by its fans (and some, mostly female critics), yet frequently discounted by many male critics, is its celebration of female friendship. Continue Reading... Kathi Wolfe

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	Light and Shadow The Photography of Jon Rendell

Perspectives-Images Hieroglyph VIII The Art of David Wiley Scene4 Magazine September 2013 www.scene4.com


	Hieroglyph VIII / A Pirate's Pilgrimage The Art of David Wiley


	Wilderness Faces Griselda Steiner Dedicated to the World Trade Center Victims

The Valley of the Shadow Miles David Moore
Know that he murdered thirteen people in my town in the four years before this one--including a family of five in one fell swoop. The Killer's an expert housebreaker--I can vouch for that--and nobody's really sure what he looks like.

Conversations Seldom Overheard (Whistleblower) Arthur Meiselman
I'll go to the Director. He's my friend. He was my mentor."
"What? Who do you think is hunting you?




	Undress Me Michael Bettencourt In a bar, Laura turns to Stefan and asks him to undress her by word of mouth, in his best mother tongue.


	The Greed Gene Michael Bettencourt A young couple is told by their genetic counselor — the "genie of genes" — that their child has the greed gene, and there is nothing they can do to stop the expression of the gene. What are they going to do?






THEATRE THOUGHTS

New!

Benedictine Theatre
I am trying to find a place where Jeremiah and Buddha can converse.

Shallow
"Human nature" is an ideological argument, not a biological one.

The Fallen Ice Cream Cone
This is a definition of real theatre.

Old Lady on the Ten-Speed
This is another definition of real theatre.

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Letters to the Editor

Qreviews Q for "quick" - long and short reviews on theatre and film

Que Pasa Notices, announcements and coming attractions


	Karren LaLonde Alenier The Dresser addresses what's underneath the art

	Miles David Moore Thoughts and observations from, to, for or against

	Les Marcott Dr. Barnabus T. Bynum's Travelling Minstrel Show

	Arthur Meiselman Sightings and musings of a time traveler




	In This Issue Inferno A Libretto As the title clearly indicates, this is a work suggested by the central elements of the first part of Dante's famous poem. The 'Night-town' setting (so familiar to us since Joyce) is to my mind the most apt contemporary equivalent of hell that we possess. by Martin Burke Read the Play

In This Issue

The Exile
A 'real-life' story of Africa.

"After that night I was somehow a different person. Knowing that I was conducting a jail break, and it had to be done without leaving any traces."

by
David Wiley

Read the Story



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Everything Old
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What Is Obscenity and What's Not?
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A Brief But Quirky
History of the Arts
January 2011 Click Here

The Rising Fall of the Arts
January 2010 Click Here

The One
January 2009 Click Here

What Is Art? / 2008
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View of the Arts/2007
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The Art of Sex in the Arts
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State of the Art of the Arts
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	The Steiny Road to Operadom A complete index of all of Karren Alenier's columns in Scene4 with links. Click Here for Access

	Comics A complete index of all of Elliot Feldman's comics in Scene4 with links. Click Here for Access

	Film Reviews A complete index of all reviews by Scene4's Film Critic, Miles David Moore Click Here for Access

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