Tag Archives: Dr. Maurice Bernstein

citizen candy kane: sums of discrepancies

Posted on May 29, 2012 by Dave

After foisting one over on the low threshold of common sense that characterizes the American public with his radio adaptation of H.G. Well’s The War of the Worlds, a kind of national exercise in mass hysteria and trauma that conveyed … Continue reading →

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instant prodigy mix: just add talent and stir

Posted on May 27, 2012 by Dave

Orson Welles was a leading man at 18, scared the radio audience silly at 23, and infuriated the Hearst empire at 25, …. How is it that Orson Welles came to be such a figure of international fascination? Part of … Continue reading →