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War's funny in new `Mr. Roberts'.
Byline: Michael Kilian
WASHINGTON _ No one has produced a comedy about the war in Iraq.
Whether that dubious prospect ever becomes reality remains to be seen. World War II is another matter. It is as over as the War of the Austrian Succession, yet it has never really ended. Every year, in a continuing tumult of books, movies and plays, the 20th century's most murderous and miserable period has happily lived on in the American consciousness_even as comedy.
Washington's Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts has just revived one of the best and funniest World War II comedies, 1948's "Mr. Roberts." Winner of the very first Tony Award for best play, a huge hit on Broadway and later a big box office movie starring Henry Fonda and Jack Lemmon, the play is engendering pretty much the same reaction upon its premiere: rave reviews, expansive write-ups, big audiences and lots of ...
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- Interview With World War II Veteran Clarence Bacon.
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...stormed the beaches at Normandy, World War II veterans finally have a place...Clarence Bacon, a navy veteran of World War II and the Korean War. He joins me from the World War II memorial in Washington. Hi...
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- News wire article from: The America's Intelligence Wire November 11, 2003 700+ words
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Source: HighBeam Research, War's funny in new `Mr. Roberts'.