The Horrors of the Dream Ballet in “Oklahoma!”

Kelly Bulkeley — Thu, 22 Feb 2018 01:02:30 +0000

A brilliant exploration of the dark psychological depths of sexual desire appears in an unlikely place—a country musical from the 1940’s. Oklahoma! was the first collaboration of Richard Rodgers and Oscar Hammerstein II, the duo who went on to write many of Broadway’s most famous mid-century musicals. A new production of Oklahoma! at the Oregon …

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Proud to Be a Primate

Kelly Bulkeley — Mon, 01 Nov 2010 20:28:27 +0000

“Our goodness is as deep as our darkness”—that was Kimberley Patton’s gloss on the findings of Franz de Waal, a primatologist who spoke on Saturday at the American Academy of Religion conference in Atlanta. De Waal’s new book, Age of Empathy (2010), shows that cooperation, reciprocity, and conflict-resolution are just as natural in primates as are aggression …

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The Horrors of the Dream Ballet in “Oklahoma!”

Proud to Be a Primate