The point is, we are cohorts, Kennedy intones to Nixon. The differences don t matter because, between us, we defined our age . . . Gears are still grinding with some shifts in style, but that may resolve itself with time. The Stars and Stripes visual motif is apt for a music hall, but it does bog down Freed s ideas with the weight of obviousness. Almost any scholar or historian would attempt to answer it, turning Freed s play into a lecture.
Any poet knows that such a question is unanswerable.
Thank God Freed doesn t try. Through July 15 E-mail this story to a friend. Printer-friendly version available. Inc. All rights reserved. Steven Leigh Morris tries to find the esteemed playwright s center.