Waiting for Lefty, Clifford Odets’ first play to be produced (by the Group Theater in 1935), is a political and social statement supporting the workers’ struggle against “fat cat” corporate power and class and ethnic prejudice. In the right hands, it’s still a powerful piece.
Students in my Introduction to the Theater were required to attend a live play of their choice and write a review that described and assessed both the play and the production.
What we have here is a sentence from an otherwise-fine student review. Whether we should chalk up “big corruptions” to Autocorrect or Freud I cannot say. Perhaps my student just can’t tell the difference between corporations and corruption.
Hmmm.…
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June 27th, 2013 at 11:55 am
I’d bet Odets, evaluating today, might be fine with both words.
June 27th, 2013 at 1:50 pm
I absolutely agree!
June 27th, 2013 at 6:32 pm
What a great course…at least you have that….and some laughs not just from the productions.
June 28th, 2013 at 2:56 pm
Hmmm…. is right!
Those corporations who have used tax havens for many years….
July 18th, 2013 at 5:03 pm
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