Wiesel slams tea partiers Nov 7, 2009
" Here's another example from the Philadelphia police blotter: Last year, five African-American youths, just for the fun of it, sucker-punched a passing white man in the Center City subway concourse in the middle of the day. A manager at Starbuck's who was on his way to work, he died from an asthmatic attack triggered by the assault. Surely he had been targeted because of his race. Why, then, was it not denounced as a hate crime? Why did those amoral marauders get a free pass in the hate crimes... (Salon)
Critics' Picks: The dark prince of postwar Italy Nov 1, 2009
" "Slaughter" is spaced-out bliss that solidifies into enraged rock 'n' roll; "I'll make you suffer," Ndegeocello sings, sounding like a mix of Sade and the Marquis de Sade. Even the friendly, quiet Sunday morning strumming of "Blood on the Curb" comes unraveled with the line "I wanna kill you all. " From anyone else, this album would be a big messy pile of one-offs, but Ndegeocello's rich, consistent voice is always there to pull us in, even as she's throwing us off her scent once again. Like a... (Salon)
Camille Paglia Oct 23, 2009
If you live like the Marquis de Sade (one of the principal influences on my first book. then you should be willing to be imprisoned like Sade. (Salon)
'Antichrist' shocks and awes Oct 23, 2009
It most certainly is, but as somebody (the Marquis de Sade, perhaps) once said: No pain, no gain ... It most certainly is, but as somebody (the Marquis de Sade, perhaps) once said: No pain, no gain. (New York Post -- Entertainment)
Brinkmanship chickens reach for the rubber Oct 17, 2009
In the early 20th century, Apollinaire helped invent the theatre of the absurd, coined the term "surrealism", championed the work of the Marquis de Sade, and was once accused of stealing the Mona Lisa. Apollinaire was primarily a poet but his words perfectly encapsulate the philosophy and process of the boundary-pushing comedian who seeks to provoke, shock, and thereby elevate audiences by forcing them to confront issues such as moral hypocrisy, unquestioning acceptance of the status quo,... (Sydney Morning Herald -- Australia)
‘Do It Yourself’ presents the sum of its parts Sep 20, 2009
120 Days, in particular - a row of hand-blown variations on the Coke bottle inspired by the Marquis de Sade s 120 Days of Sodom and executed by professional glass blowers - seems to contradict the show s do it yourself spirit. Two other small works extend Ortega s interest in classification, construction, and disintegration while alluding neatly to his Mexican heritage (he s based these days in Berlin). (Boston Globe)
Inmate claims unfairness Sep 10, 2009
" marygb wrote on Sep 9, 2009 11:27 AM:" Erik wrote on Sep 8, 2009 9:28 PM:Mary, why not read the Marquis de Sade ... Mary, why not read the Marquis de Sade. (El Centro Imperial Valley Press, CA)
Daily entertainment guide Sep 10, 2009
Geoffrey Rush as the Marquis de Sade. R (2000). (Boston Globe)
Love Me or Die retrospective shows artists use of unusual materials Sep 7, 2009
She presented a fabrication workshop on campus in 2007, which lead to the solo art exhibition and Chow s work on the November Theatre UNI production, Marat/Sade: The Persecution and Assassination of Jean-Paul Marat as Performed by the Inmates of the Asylum of Charenton Under the Direction of the Marquis de Sade. Chow will create original costumes for the show, co-directed by Jay Edelnant & Gwendolyn Schwinke. (Waterloo-Cedar Falls Courier)
Nancy Garrido: manipulated wife or partner in crime? Sep 2, 2009
She had committed the crimes together with her lover Ian Brady, who urged her to read works by the Marquis de Sade and Adolf Hitler. Little has come to light about Nancy Garrido's early life, and Americans are speculating about her relationship with her husband and the level of her involvement in kidnapping and sexual abuse. (Sydney Morning Herald -- World)
Obama's Health Scare Plan Aug 15, 2009
For my part, Im still having flashbacks from a decade ago when I had to deal with a representative of the IRS, and that was after we were told that this was a kinder and gentler IRS. Frankly, for that to have been anyones idea of kinder and gentler, in its prior existence it must have been run by the Marquis de Sade. In my experience, the only difference between dealing with the Internal Revenue Service and the Mafia is that the thugs who collect for the Mob dress nattier. (Townhall.com)
Rush gets AFI awards top honour Aug 3, 2009
Indeed, from Nigel the pelican in Finding Nemo to the Marquis de Sade in Quills to Heath Ledger s doomed junkie mate Casper in Candy, Rush has kept himself fresh and true as an actor. Along the way he s bagged an Emmy, a Tony, Golden Globes, a BAFTA and a number of AFI awards. (Sydney Morning Herald -- Entertainment)
Darin St. George: Realize, release your potential Jul 16, 2009
His training sessions are something out of the playbook of the Marquis de Sade. The next morning, my wife, Andrea Jean, and I recreate that workout from the previous evening, then I train with my buddy Greg D'Agostino. (Belmont Citizen Herald, MA)
Sir Ian calls on playwrights to create new roles for older women Jun 6, 2009
"If [playwrights] are just titillated by the stories young people have, they are missing out. Dame Judi Dench currently stars in The Marquis de Sade "If Shakespeare hadn't been interested in older people and people in their prime, we would not have had Antony and Cleopatra, and many other characters. " Stage actress Margaret Tyzack, 77, who won the Oliver Award for best actress in March, said earlier this year that the roles offered to older women were "cliched". Actors' union Equity also made a... (BBC News -- Entertainment)
A Spoleto review: Thirteen shows and counting Jun 1, 2009
"Quills" is a comedy-drama about the last days of the Marquis de Sade as an inmate at the Charenton asylum. What makes this stellar production so amazing is that it is produced, directed and acted by students of the College of Charleston theater department. (Orangeburg Times and Democrat, SC)
'Beaumarchais,' by Maurice Lever May 31, 2009
Lever, who died of lung cancer at age 70 in 2006, is best remembered as the voluminous biographer of the Marquis de Sade (Mariner Books, 1994) although his liveliest works, still untranslated, focus on fascinating details about marginal, sometimes oppressed figures, like "Stakes for Burning Sodomites," (1985), about the persecution of gay people in old France; "Bloody Rumors," (1993), a history of violent news items; and "Scepter and Bauble," (1999), a history of court jesters. After his mighty... (San Francisco Chronicle)
• If you've got a lawn, you're hosed May 31, 2009
The Marquis de Sade, I'm thinking. No one with a more generous disposition would make homeowners go through so much hell simply to irrigate the premises. (Burley South Idaho Press, ID)
French fashion designer Pierre Cardin hospitalized May 7, 2009
He is currently restoring the chateau of the infamous Marquis de Sade. Comments. (San Francisco Chronicle -- Entertainment)
Nudity, controversy & theater kids May 1, 2009
The group, whose mission is "to produce edgy and experimental theater," had originally planned to produce the controversial story of French aristocrat Marquis de Sade in February ... The award-winning story depicts the last days of Marquis de Sade, a French aristocrat and pornographic novelist. (GW Hatchet, Washington DC)
A Man Called Horse Movie (1970) Apr 1, 2009
This 1970 frontier saga is a violent, bloody piece of cinema, replete with multiple killings and a Sioux initiation ceremony right out of the Marquis de Sade. Hollywood hellraiser Richard Harris gives a grand performance as the blue-eyed English nobleman, taken prisoner by the Sioux and subjected to unimaginable hardships. (Suite101.com)
Clothes make the (wo)man, but not the musical Mar 25, 2009
Some early commentators have seemed personally affronted by the absence from a play informed by the misdeeds of the Marquis de Sade of the very miscreant who allowed the word "sadism" into the language. Well, Beckett's "Waiting For Godot," due for a return West End go-round in May, similarly keeps the elusive Godot well off stage: someone doesn't have to be front-and-center, in either art or life, to leave a lasting impression on those in his or her midst. (International Herald Tribune)
Mixed reviews for Dame Judi play Mar 20, 2009
Dench plays a noblewoman outraged by the Marquis de Sade's antics ... Written by Japanese playwright Yukio Mishima, the drama focuses on how the debauchery of the notorious Marquis de Sade affected his wife Renee. (BBC News -- Entertainment)
U.S. publisher bets on controversial novel Mar 5, 2009
"But on the other hand, it's: 'Do I have the time and emotional resources to invest in a 1,000-page book on the Holocaust that sounds like a transcription of Pasolini's '120 Days of Sodom'?" he added, referring to the divisive Italian film based on a novel by the Marquis de Sade. 1. (International Herald Tribune)
FULL HIGHLIGHTS Feb 20, 2009
The exhibition will include a series of 18 large, text-based, ink drawings of fonts that convert the keyboard into pornographic language derived from characters in the work of Marquis de Sade, large portraits of the Supreme Court Justices and two new moving-image works. The artist will speak from 5 to 6 p.m. during an opening reception, which runs from 4 to 7 p.m. Sunday, March 1 in Cobb Hall, 5811 S. Ellis Ave., Room 307. (Univeristy of Chicago Chronicle, IL)
Clothes come off, show goes on Feb 10, 2009
"Quills" is an award-winning production set in 18th-century France that tells a fictional story of the last days of aristocrat Marquis de Sade, who was notorious for his pornographic novels and sadomasochism. In one scene, the character playing de Sade appears naked after asylum wards strip off his clothes. (GW Hatchet, Washington DC)
