by Roz Foster Just as the Iliad and the Odyssey may provide all one needs to know about Ancient Greek mores and the Trojan War, the Macy’s Thanksgiving Day parade and Black Friday may provide all one needs to know about the values inherent in 21st century American consumerism and the Walmart Wars. Visiting my parents’ […]
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by Roz Foster In 2012, Martine Aubry may become the first présidente (female president) of France. In 2000, Aubry pushed through the 35-hour workweek along with universal health care for France. She’s been mayor of Lille since 2001 and the leader of the French Socialist party (the first woman in the role) since 2008. She […]
by Roz Foster Sleeping Beauty Wakes at the Mandell Weiss Theatre (La Jolla Playhouse, La Jolla, California) seemed, on the surface, to be a delightfully modernized version of the original French conte or fairytale (La Belle au Bois Dormant by Charles Perrault, 1697, from Les Contes de ma mère l’Oye, literally: The Fairytales of My […]
by Roz Foster “How do you like that workflow?” the guy next to me shot out smiling like an orangutan. He had a laptop and I noticed he was very, very close to me. We were sitting on a long cushioned bench at the back of the café, separated only by the idea that […]
