Veteran reporter and New York Times theatre critic Wilborn Hampton reviewed a revival of the ancient Greek mythological play "Prometheus Bound," showing in Manhattan's East Village, and predictably finds modern-day resonance in the tale of an "autocratic ruler."
"Even for the Greek gods, what goes around comes around. If Zeus has the upper hand in Aeschylus’ 'Prometheus Bound,' it is a sure bet that Prometheus, the Olympian rebel who defied authority and saved the human race, will have the last laugh.
"In a smart revival directed by James Kerr for the Aquila Theater Company, enhanced by David Oyelowo’s splendid performance as Prometheus, the fifth-century B.C. lessons about the abuse of power by an autocratic ruler who runs roughshod over anyone who disagrees with him are not lost on a 21st-century audience. Just plug in names from today’s headlines for any of the characters."
Gee, who could Hampton be referring to?
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You know, I keep hearing abou
March 27, 2007 - 15:01 ET by kathleenirishYou know, I keep hearing about this so-called, "Hitler", "King", and "Autocratic Ruler" that George W. Bush is supposed to be, yet there is no credible or warranted evidence to back these hysterical claims. Add this to the MSM Fairytale pile, along with the 'horrible' economy and 'the erosion of civil rights because of the Patriot Act' claims. Very tiresome and ridiculous.
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And, for a guy who is not too
March 27, 2007 - 15:06 ET by FastEdAnd, for a guy who is not too smart, but he does all these complicated deals and conspiracies. Gotta be Rove 'n co, Inc., and yet the demolibs continue to sue and complain. Remind me, there plan is . .?
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roughshod
March 27, 2007 - 15:21 ET by iveseenitall"runs roughshod over anyone who disagrees with him" --- this from someone in the MSM??? I can't stop laughing. Does this man even realize that he's doing the same thing he's accusing others of doing? I guess one can expect nothing less from an ignorant liberal hypocrite.
NEVER, NEVER trust a liberal
In this day of declining reve
March 27, 2007 - 18:56 ET byIn this day of declining revenues at the NYT with the climate of information technology as it is. Methinks the NYT is using a wee bit of good old Freudian projection and bluster in bringing up what goes around comes around
DOS
March 27, 2007 - 15:26 ET by Paul DetrickGosh this is more bias than Arthur Miller's 'Death of a Salesman'. Anyone? Anyone?
DOS
March 27, 2007 - 15:26 ET by Paul DetrickGosh this is more bias than Arthur Miller's 'Death of a Salesman'. Anyone? Anyone?
Wilborn Hampton? That has
March 27, 2007 - 15:53 ET by zhombreWilborn Hampton? That has to be a joke name. Like the Roman soldier Bigus Dicus in the Monty Python movie. That's something out of a Tom Wolfe if he was trying to satirize an effete liberal twit of a NYT critic. But then if you look at the critics and editorialists at the NY Times, they are self-satirizing. Frank Rich, Maureen Dowd, Paul Krugman: in a parallel universe somewhere these people are not taken seriously and are eking out a living in the backwaters of journalism, and academia in Krugman's case.
I had the same thought and ac
March 27, 2007 - 16:45 ET by Al CzervikI had the same thought and actually laughed out loud when I read the name Wilborn Hampton. Honestly, where do they find these people? I've lived in NY before and I swear it was like living on an entirely different planet. Where else can you find a character like "Wilborn Hampton" other than a bad B movie?
If I was named Wilborn, I think I'd have to smack my parents.
I did some research and dis
March 27, 2007 - 18:06 ET by zhombreI did some research and discovered the guy's name was Irving Catskill before he changed it.
How typically Liberal
March 27, 2007 - 23:56 ET by Ten7sWilborn Hampton has his facts wrong. Prometheus was a Titian, not an "Olympian". He did not "save the human race" but gave man fire. And he did not "have the last laugh" but was eventually thrown into a crevasse by Zeus. Its hardly a lesson on "the abuse of power by an autocratic ruler". And Wiborn's suggestion that one could "Just plug in names from today’s headlines for any of the characters" makes me wonder whether he was reading the paper instead of watching the play.
I served with Prometheus I
March 28, 2007 - 03:33 ET by RDWI served with Prometheus I knew Prometheus; Prometheus was a friend of mine. George W. Bush, you're no Prometheus.
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