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Not funny

There are undoubtedly some scary world leaders nowadays. Men who are really dangerous, although , at first sight, you would laugh at some of their weird public attitudes. Take Trump, for instance, clapping for himself right in front of the microphone, during his State of the Union address last Tuesday. Seguir leyendo

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«Doble o Nada»

La excusa argumental de esta atrapante pieza de Sabina Berman es simple. Por motivos de fuerza mayor, el Director de un medio periodístico debe abandonar su puesto y elegir a un sucesor. Las alternativas son dos: la subdirectora del área digital, una talentosa y bonita joven a quien él mismo Seguir leyendo

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The burning of the dolls

Shortly after midnight on New Year’s Eve, a particular ceremony takes place in La Plata, my hometown. This tradition started over half a century ago. It’s called “La quema de los Muñecos”, “the burning of the dolls”. These so-called dolls are huge figures and structures, made of “papier machiée”, wood, Seguir leyendo

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«Como el culo»: Cuando todo lo que tiene que salir bien sale mal

Exitosísima comedia inglesa (“The play that goes wrong”), escrita por Henry Lewis, Jonathan Sayer y Henry Shields, dirigida aquÍ por Manuel González Gil, interpretada por Marcelo de Bellis, Walter Quiroz, Diego Reinhold, Nicolás Scarpino, Gonzalo Suárez, Ingrid Grudke, Fernando Metilli y Ariel Basaldúa. Un grupo teatral, “La Cornley Polytechnic Society”, Seguir leyendo

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Twilight of the “Gods”

Another Argentine union leader in prison. Marcelo Balcedo, head of the SOEME, was arrested in his luxurious Uruguayan mansion, “El Gran Chaparral”, together with his wife. He is accused, among other crimes, of money laundering, a widespread “sport” in this country. What did the police find? Automatic weapons, luxury cars, Seguir leyendo

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THE SOUND & THE FURY

I remember reading at College “The Sound and the Fury”, a novel by Southern writer William Faulkner. Faulkner borrowed his title from Shakespeare’s “Macbeth”, when the troubled character says: “Life is a tale told by an idiot, full of sound and fury, signifying nothing”. Now “Fire and Fury: Inside the Seguir leyendo

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