George Blecher
The Promiscuous Gardener
Riffing on the sly and guileful beauty of roses By George Blecher The author, no doubt about to get thorn-scratched as he tends the...
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George Blecher
- Apr 29
- 6 min
A Misbegotten Macbeth Descends on Broadway
The knives are out in this scathing review of the Sam Gold production starring Daniel Craig and Ruth Negga By George Blecher APRIL 28,...
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George Blecher
- Mar 14
- 7 min
In the shadow of Putin, Trump and a divided America
Amidst bipartisan solidarity with Ukraine, Joe Biden’s State of the Union address focused on unity and reconciliation. But in reality,...
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George Blecher
- Feb 2
- 5 min
Boy Wonder at Mid-Career
Paul Thomas Anderson’s rollicking, serious, endearing Licorice Pizza is well worth a trip to a movie theater. It’s an eccentric take on...
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George Blecher
- Dec 4, 2021
- 6 min
The Lehman Trilogy—A Probing Critique
Super-professional acting, glossy production—but do they make a full theatrical meal? Is this play any more than an inflated biopic? By...
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George Blecher
- Dec 4, 2021
- 13 min
Guilty Pleasures in Covid Time
Want to be enticed by movies again? These offerings from this year’s 59th Lincoln Center Film Festival will do it By George Blecher Table...
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George Blecher
- Nov 19, 2020
- 7 min
Fragments from a broken mirror
Pessimists fear that the Trump phenomenon has not so much derailed American democracy as revealed long-standing problems in the system...
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George Blecher
- Nov 2, 2020
- 7 min
A shining city on a hill. What if anything can American values teach a free Belarus?
The United States may not be the best model for a fledgling democracy looking for fresh values. America’s values have never been as pure...
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George Blecher
- Jul 22, 2020
- 3 min
Stunned City
After three months away from New York, my first impression was that someone had hit it in the stomach with a baseball bat. The city...
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George Blecher
- May 20, 2020
- 5 min
I Left My Troubled City Behind. Now I Feel Guilty.
My adult son, worried about my health, urged me to flee. But New York doesn’t let go easily. I didn’t want to leave the city. If the...
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George Blecher
- Apr 22, 2020
- 7 min
The Confused States of America
The first month of the pandemic in the US The Trump administration’s failing response to COVID-19 has prompted governors and mayors to...
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- Apr 20, 2020
- 14 min
Ghosts on the Landing
The following is an excerpt from a manuscript called HOW TO BE ALONE IN DENMARK, which centers around a 300-year-old peasant's cottage...
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George Blecher
- Apr 2, 2020
- 3 min
The Virus-Man
A guy who says he's the virus-man keeps up with me no matter how fast I run. That's weird because he's sickly-looking, needs a shave, has...
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George Blecher
- Apr 1, 2020
- 65 min
Angst in the Time of Corona
JOURNAL OF THE PLAGUE YEAR: DAY 1 3/15/20 Starting Journal of the Plague Year on the Ides of March. Hmm. Today's stats: USA infected...
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George Blecher
- Feb 12, 2020
- 7 min
Torn-Up Texts and Mini Mike
Trump’s 2020 State of the Union address In the midst of a predictably partisan impeachment trial, Donald Trump said not a word about the...
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George Blecher
- Jan 21, 2020
- 13 min
The Shelf-Life of Democracies
An interview with George Blecher on US politics in the age of Trump George Blecher Adam Reichardt Media acceleration puts enormous...
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George Blecher
- Feb 13, 2019
- 8 min
Old Soldiers and Women in White
Donald Trump’s achievements thus far have been rhetorical. But whether Democrats can take advantage of his weakness remains doubtful....
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George Blecher
- Aug 3, 2018
- 13 min
Murder, Politics and Architecture: The Making of Madison Square Park
LATELY, MADISON SQUARE PARK has provided a staging area for provocative art installations, pop-up food courts and outdoor work spaces....
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George Blecher
- Jul 3, 2018
- 7 min
Michael Bloomberg and the US Presidency: A Sign of the Times?
As Donald Trump appals and captivates the world in equal measure, another New York businessman is quietly positioning himself for power....
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George Blecher
- Oct 24, 2016
- 4 min
Alone and Tired
In the latest of his Battle Dispatches from the electoral front, George Blecher visits the heartlands of the Trump vote in the swing...
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