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By Alexander Cohen
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arrives trumpeting fist clenched rebellion, only to implode into hashtag politics. In remoulding crudly Euripides' tragedy into tawdry cabaret, the National Theatre has committed the deadliest artistic sin of all: cringe. Pentheus rules Thebes with patriarchal bluster until the Bacchae, an order of hedonistic women, arrive under the banner of demi-god Dionysus. The bones of Euripides’ tragedy are there, but the production won’t let you forget that this is an oh so radical re-telling.
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The Preferred Equity Paradox

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By Kelly DiBlasi, Alexander Cohen
| New York Law Journal Verified
“The defendant and his co-conspirators agreed to serve as a washing machine to make money that they knew was dirty look clean. They agreed together to move dirty money from scams and hacks, knowing that their customers were using their business to hide money from crime,” said Kevin Mosley, the deputy chief of the U.S. Department of Justice’s Bank Integrity Unit.
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The curse of stage technology

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By Alexander Cohen
| The Spectator (World) Verified
Poor John Dennis. In 1709, the playwright devised a novel technology simulating thunder to accompany his drama Appius and Virginia. The play flopped and was promptly booted out of the theater. To add salt to the wound, Dennis’s thunder-generating technique was stolen and inserted into a staging of Macbeth. He accused the producers of “stealing his thunder,” giving birth to the phrase that has long outlived his work. Stage technology has come a long way since.
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