Dateline: Los Angeles County
Weblog: purpletigressrose.blogspot.com
Articles: 191
Former theater critic for the LA Weekly and Los Angeles Times . For the last five years, an editing slave at a dot-com but recently laid off. Currently an under-employed freelance writer and artist.
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Los Angeles Japan Film Festival 2008 - Hula Girls
Can young girls and a tropical dance save a small mining town?
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Los Angeles Japan Film Festival 2008 - Tokyo Cowboys
Is it really still a white man's world, even in Japan? Saft's documentary is another "white man making his fortune in the Orient" tale.
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Theater Review: My Fair Lady (LA)
This gorgeous production provides a wonderful evening of tunes, costumes, and comedy. It's too loverly to miss.
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Greening the Earth 2008: Till The Well Is Dry
The well is running dry, but so few commemorate World Water Day. What is earth without water?
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Los Angeles Japan Film Festival 2008 - Classics and Comics
The Japan Film Festival in Los Angeles turns five years old and suffers from some growing pains.
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Let's Debate The Great Debaters
Is it okay to promote a stereotype or false assumption if you are black?
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Theater Review (LA): Orson's Shadow
This polite history of backstage dramatics is given a light-filled, lively production at the Pasadena Playhouse.
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Foreclosure Blues for Four-Legged Foreclosure Casualties
Once beloved pets are the innocent casualties of foreclosures across the nation.
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Theater Review (LA): Ray Bradbury's Invisible Boy
This bill of three one-acts based on Ray Bradbury stories seems underdeveloped for dramatic effect.
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Remembering Lucy: A Vicious Dog and a Vicious Tiger
Teasing dogs and tigers can be dangerous, but the true victims are the animals.
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