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Thurgood, Perry, and the Long-Ago Thirties

Posted on July 15, 2013, 11:11 pm, by Jack L. B. Gohn, under The Big Picture.

Thurgood Marshall’s 1930s world formed by the separate but equal doctrine, and Perry Mason’s fictional 1930s world in which lawyer ethics were still optional, seem very strange. What will our world seem like in 80 years?

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Revival Meetings: ANYTHING GOES, HAIR, and FOLLIES

Posted on February 1, 2012, 10:25 pm, by Jack L. B. Gohn, under The Close Up, Theater Reviews and Commentary.

Revivals pose a unique set of challenges to those who stage them, and a unique set of questions to be considered by a contemporary audience. But great shows get invited back.

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Thurgood, Perry, and the Long-Ago Thirties

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