> > If anyone's interested, the issue of Time Magazine with an
> > article on "More Than You Deserve" is going on eBay. Would
> > love to read it. Could be posted on the site as well?
>
> Well, you caught my interest. Not only as a Steinman fan
> and a collector of odd things, but the cover story is
> about the brain and I minored in cognitive science in
> college. Expect an update in a few days.
Ribald Rib Tickler
MORE THAN YOU DESERVE
Book by MICHAEL WELLER
Music by JIM STEINMAN
A recent ad in a New York City newspaper contained the following encomium to a R-rated ("Under 17 requires accompanying Parent or Guardian") film: "Loud/ brassy/ biting/ clever/ fresh/ bold/ glittering/ offbeat/ compelling/ truth/ humor/ devastating/ fun/ hilarious/ murder/ rape/ comedy/ inventive/ caustic/ kinky/ droll/ raw/ jagged/ power/ demolishes."
With the addition of "slapdash" and "ill-timed," that perfectly describes a new musical called More Than You Deserve. Sponsored by Joseph Papp at his lower Manhattan dramatic-arts complex, the Public Theater, it reflects his legitimate dismay at the social and political gangrene spread by the Viet Nam War. Unfortunately, it is difficult to transpose the My Lai massacre into a sick South Pacific. Nonetheless, if the hard-rock band does not split a playgoer's skull, some of the farcically outrageous and libidinous goings-on may tickle his ribs.
T.E.K.
TIME, JANUARY 14, 1974
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