Critic Swallows Repellent Inanities from Leftist Artist Laurie Anderson

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An odious comparison goes unchallenged: "'Homeland' deals partly with the loss of freedom in a security state and partly with the Iraq war and contemporary war in general. Ms. Anderson evokes images of a young woman with a 'baby face' enlisting in the United States Army as a way to pay for her education, and young Palestinians wearing suicide vests, observing that war today is 'a kid's war,' another 'children's crusade,' with no restrictions."

Clay Waters

Music critic Allan Kozinn took in a performance by art rocker and audio-haze merchant Laurie Anderson at Zankle Hall for his review, "The State of the United States, in a Chamber-Rock Stew."

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Critic Swallows Repellent Inanities from Leftist Artist Laurie Anderson