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THE WRITE STUFF
Elia Kazan: A Biography (HarperCol-
lins, $29.95)
Kazan may well have been one of
Hollywood's most hated men - in 1952,
bij Alan W. Pefpuce i
he "named names" of peers and pals that
were Communists during McCarthy 's
maniacal manhunt, something for which
almost no one forgave him; so strong was
Hollywood'shatred that when Kazan was
chosen, in 1999, to receive an Honorary
Oscar, he was publicly condemned as a
traitor. But there'sno arguingthat Kazan
was also a damn good director. (Think On
the Waterfront. Gentleman's Agreement ,A
Face in the Crowd.) Noted film scholar
Richard Schickel has penned a frank ,
unflinching biography, as smart as it is
shrewd. Schickel'sdecision to put Kazan's
decried decision into the context of its time and the director 's life
illuminates the personalities and preoccupations of the man who
reshaped the way we look at theater and film.
Timeless Toys (Andrews McMell,
S29.95)
A typical child between the ages of
2 and 9 spends 28 minutes each day
coloring - and wears to the nub 730
crayons by the time he or she turns
10. Frank Lloyd Wright's son John
invented Lincoln Logs. In 1908, Dr. A.
C. Gilbert won a U.S. gold medal at
the Olympics -the same doctor who
invented Erector sets. Think of this as
timeless trivia that'spart of the appeal
of Tim Walsh's delightful book. Filled with hundreds of color photos
of classic toys as well as archival photos and vintage ads, Timeless
Toys demands playtime for the young-at-heart. Your move.
Kiss and Tell: A Trivial Study of
Smooching (Quirk Books, $14.95) and
Kissing:Everything You Ever Wanted
toKnow about One of Lif e 's Sweetest
Pleasures (Perigee, $9.95)
On, how we love to kiss and tell!Who
ever knew sucking face could be the
fodder for two nifty teeny tomes? Both
offer tastytidbits (the health benefits of
kissingand number of calories burned),
tantalizing trivia (which U.S.president
wasthe first to plant apeck on hiswife's
cheek at hisinauguration), illustrations
and photos that will leave you, well,
breathless.And eager for aBigWetOne.
Stay in the pink. And pucker.
FOR THE RECORD
The Body Acoustic (Epic)
Cyndi Lauper reworks many of I
her classics, as well as songs that i
she thought should be heard in a p
new way, and the results are bril-
liant. The recording sounds like I
a party - friend Sarah McLachlan
joins Cyndi on "Time After Time;"
Shaggy duets on "All Through the
Night;" Vivian Green on "I'll Be
Your River." Listen, in particular,
for the dulcimer; it's one of Lauper's
favorite instruments, and here, the
music simply flows like a river
taking us on a soothing, safe journey.
Reba #ls (MCA Nashville)
The Big C&W star turned Big TV
star sings all the Big Ones. Funny,
but when lumped together in one
collection,it becomes so abundantly
clear that almost all the tunes are
about heartbreak and loss she's
leaving him, he's leaving her. Yeah,
yeah,we know that'sthe soundtrack
for life but that doesn't mean
you can't divorce yourself from the
music. Hey. Loretta!
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Ihe Entertainment Report Is It Can't Happen Here happening now?
Play based on Sinclair
Lewis novel debuts
Saturday
By Edward F. Maroney
emaroney@barnstablepatriOi.com
HAPPEN STANCE-Playwright and director Lee Roscoe was
inspired by its continuing message to bring It Can't Happen
Here to the stage.
SINCLAIR LEWIS SOCIETY WEB SITE
SARDONIC VIEW - Author Sinclair Lewis
lampooned American society and warned
Americans about the dangers of homegrown
fascism.
It's a story torn from yesterday 's
headlines - or do we mean today's
headlines?
Tomorrow night, a semi-staged read-
ing of a play based on It Can't Happen
Here, the 1935 antifascist novel by Sin-
clair Lewis, will be presented at Cape
Cod Community College.
"I tried to pull together some of the
themes Lewis was so prescient with,"
said playwright Lee Roscoe of Brew-
ster. "One of them was intolerance in
the name of religiosity, hypocritical
religiosity. The other was militarism
as a means to a political end,includ-
ing a national crisis at home. Another
one was astonishingly
prophetic: the bypass-
ing of the Constitution
with so-called emer-
gency laws."
Roscoe wasinterviewed
on Wednesday, when the
lead headline in The Bos-
ton Globe declared, "Bush
may bypass new ban on
torture." After approv-
ing a bill outlawing the
torture of detainees last
Friday,Charlie Savage re-
ported,the president "is-
sued a'signingstatement'
- an official document in
which apresident lays out
hisinterpretation of anew
law - declaring that he
willviewtheinterrogation
limitsinthe context of his
broader powersto protect
national security."
The Washington direc-
tor for Human Rights
Watchtold the reporter
that "Congress istrying
to flex its muscle to
provide (checks and
balances), and it's be-
ing told through the
signing statement that
it'simpotent. It'squite
a radical view."
Radical views were everywhere
in the Depression-plagued America
of the 1930s when Lewis, author of
bestsellers includingMain Street,Bab-
bitt,and Arrowsmith, looked across
the ocean and saw rights abused and
liberty denied in the "national good."
Back home, he watched the rise of
Louisiana's Huey Long and saw how
a twisted populism could lead to
one-man rule.
The result wasIt Can't Happen Here ,
which features a Vermont newspaper
editor, an independent Yankee, pitted
against friends and neighbors who
willingly turn their freedom over to
President Buzz Windrip and his aco-
lytes. It's a rough-and-ready satire,
not a work of art.
"The storyline is so thin," Roscoe
said. "The characters are poorly drawn. I
tried to givethe characters some authen-
ticity, to pull a storyline out of it."
Her solution was to understand that
the "hyperbolic characters" were sa-
tirical, "but the people they affect are
serious."
In keeping with Lewis's sardonic
view, 'there are no heroes,"Roscoe said.
Editor Doremus Jessup "is part of the
hierarchy. As a descendant of two Con-
gregational ministers, he is a pacifist.
When you have creeping totalitarianism,
do you deal with it quickly enough? No,
he doesn't."
Is that what we all could be facing,
Roscoe asked, "if our democracy starts
sliding further down the tubes with the
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All welcome for Senior Center movies
The Friday and Monday 1 p.m. movie
programs continue at the Barnstable
Senior Center on Route 28 in Hyannis,
next to Barnstable Middle School. All
are welcome.
FRIDAY FLICKS
1/6/06 Sisterhood of the Travel-
ing Pants (2005)
Ann Brashares' best-selling novel for
young adults comes to the big screen
in this engaging comedy drama. Car-
men (America Ferrera), Bridget (Blake
Lively),Lena (Alexis Bledel), and Tibby
(Amber Tamblyn) are four teenage girls
who have been close friends since they
were babies (and even before - their
mothers all knew each other from at-
tending the same prenatal exercise
class). However, fate has dictated that
for the first time ever the young women
will be spending their summer apart -
Carmenwillbe visitingher father,whom
she hasn't seen in years, Lena will be
visiting her grandparents in Greece,
Bridget is attending a soccer camp in
Mexico, while Tibby is stuck working
at a discount store. A few days before
Carmen, Lena, and Bridget leave, the
four go shopping, and while at a thrift
shop they discover an unusual pair of
bluejeans that, despite the fact they're
all of different height and weight, fits
all four women perfectly.
1/13/06 Herbie: Fully Loaded
(2005)
The world's wackiest Volkswagen is
back in action in this action comedy.
Maggie Peyton (Lindsay Lohan ) is the
18-year-old daughter of Ray Peyton Sr.
(Michael Keaton), a once-successful
stock car driver whose career is not
what it once was. Maggie loves racing
and isinlinefor ajob coveringNASCAR
for ESPN, but in her heart she'd rather
be behind the wheel, even though her
father strictlyforbids this.For Maggie's
birthday,Ray takes her out looking for a
used car, and shefinds herself strangely
drawn to a wrecked 1963 Volkswagen
in a salvage yard. Against Ray's better
judgment, Maggie gets the car, and a
note in the glove box tells her the rust
bucket is named "Herbie," and he can
help her solve her problems.
1/20/06 Bewitched (2005)
Nora Ephron directed and co-wrote
thisupdated adaptation of aclassicsitu-
ation comedy that also casts a satirical
eye on the entertainment industry.Jack
Wyatt (Will Ferrell) isamoviestarwhose
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Praying for a Miracle
By Gilda T. D'Agostino
Ambassador Books, Inc. Worcester,
2005
Softcover, 182 pgs.
By Kathy Manwaring
arts@barnstablepatnot.com
As all parents know, life with children
involves a daily series ofjoys, challenges
and a few heartaches. One of the most
difficult challenges, and every parent's
nightmare, is having a child become
seriously injured. Gilda T. D'Agostino
has lived this nightmare and tells of her
experiences in a powerful book,Praying
for a Miracle.
In 1973, 17-year-old Rick D'Agostino
was looking forward to a glorious sum-
mer of freedom following his graduation
from high school. After a long struggle
with academics, he reported for work as
a lifeguard for a city pool in his home-
town of Worcester.
Life was full of promise. Outfitted
with a sleek 1972 Mustang, a cool job
and a lovely girlfriend,Rick D'Agostino
was set.
One sweltering afternoon in July,
Rick's entire life was changed in an in-
stant. In an attempt to cool off during his
shift at the pool Rick dove into the water
in a shallow dive he had made countless
times before. On this day, though, he
collided with the opposite side of the
pool, snapping his head backward and
severing his spinal cord.
In seconds Gilda D'Agostino 's son
went from being a strong, athletic teen
to a quadriplegic and was rendered
permanently wheelchair-bound.
In an attempt to come to terms with
her sons' injury and subsequent dis-
ability, Gilda penned what can only be
deemed a heart-wrenching, yet incred-
ibly inspiring, account of how Rick and
his family triumphed over tragedy.
Written much like a letter one would
send to a close friend,Praying for a
Miracle bears a gentle,yet informational
tone. Slowly,subtly,without using overly
flowery language and symbolism, Gilda
D'Agostino brings to light how deeply
Rick's injury affected each member of
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