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The Connection Illuminates the Gritty as Dark, but Playful

By Jackson Miles Evans

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Drugs are intimate, and so was Megan Hardy’s production of The Connection, by Jack Gelber which premiered on April 11 in Little Theater. Two actors even sat with the audience on cushions that surrounded three-quarters of the stage, occasionally standing up to stroll around the room and participate more directly in the action. The audience seemed only half invited to a stage that was both public and private, both an apartment and a drug den, as we watched with eyes selfishly seeking entertainment from a distinctively heavy, hyper-real fiction.

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To Not Become The Beast: The Chris Dorner Saga

By Jackson Miles Evans

Photo courtesy of Vice.com

Photo courtesy of Vice.com

The United States rarely fails to make celebrities out of serial killers, especially those who publish a manifesto as part of their criminal publicity. Two contrasting elements – the spectacle of violence and ideological conviction – seem to drive the public’s curiosity until it turns into a national obsession. It was once the newspaper’s responsibility to drive this trend; today it seems anonymous, easily accessed social media does a much better job.

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