Culture
Two operatic divas, Regina and Violetta, take St. Louis by storm
June 11, 2018Two strong operatic characters from works composed almost a century apart show the mettle of women who’ve been challenged by society’s conventions.
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‘An American Soldier’: New opera asks troubling questions about citizenship
June 8, 2018Hazing becomes racial harassment becomes sadistic torture becomes death. This was the experience of Pvt. Danny Chen in the U.S. Army.
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‘The Workers Cup’: New documentary tackles soccer and slavery
June 7, 2018There’s a bigger game at play here - that of class struggle - and we're part of it in some way, not mere bystanders in the crowd.
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Roseanne failed to capture spirit of the U.S. working class
June 6, 2018The portrayal of white working-class families as having no political consciousness is played out and lazy.
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Shakespeare’s ‘Coriolanus’: An ancient class struggle epic with modern topicality
June 5, 2018In the first act the company’s timing was occasionally off, but by Act II they were off and flying into the wild blue yonder.
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