By Dale King Gone, sadly, are the nostalgic “Borscht Belt” days when visitors to the Catskills used to roar with laughter at comedians named Red, Lenny, Rusty, Mort, Zero and Herschel, among others. Yes, even The Three Stooges and Joan Rivers. Delray Square Performing Arts Center partner Gary Waldman remembers that era well – because he lived it. He and his family were part … [Read more...]
Personal angle lifts moving ‘Messenger’
It continues to appear as if The Hurt Locker is 2009’s sleeper candidate for top awards stardom, and I couldn’t be happier for director Kathryn Bigelow – not just because she made such a great, deserving film but because she helped reorient the war drama into more intensely personal, less ideologically pandering terrain (Avatar notwithstanding). Just a couple of years ago, … [Read more...]