Review: In 'Textplay,' Stoppard and Beckett Get Snarky, FWIW
An imaginary electronic conversation between the two playwrights falls somewhere between a ❤️ and a ��.
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An imaginary electronic conversation between the two playwrights falls somewhere between a ❤️ and a ��.
[ sirens ] [ bell tolling ] [ gunfire ] >> bodies lying on the floor. >> paris, november 13th. >> horrified screams coming from inside theater. >> each time we meet the face of evil we ask how, why, young men, boys, turned into butchers, maiming and murdering hundreds of innocents. striking at the heart of one of the world's great cities. blowing a plane out of the sky, entire families turn to dust. all of it done with the reach and precision we have not imagined isis capable of. as the world cries out for vengeance, perhaps the most important question is this, how could we not have known? ♪
>> horrified screams coming from inside theater. >> each time we meet the face of evil we ask how, why, young men, boys, turned into butchers, maiming and murdering hundreds of innocents. striking at the heart of one of the world's great cities. blowing a plane out of the sky, entire families turn to dust. all of it done with the reach and precision we have not imagined isis capable of. as the world cries out for vengeance, perhaps the most important question is this, how could we not have known? ♪ the answer is, we did. this is the story of what we knew about isis and when we knew it.
>> at this moment i cannot say. we're not just in front of the bataclan. what i can say that earlier the scene was one of a war zone, one of a central paris very, very, very known district with a lot of young people going out and it was turned into a war zone for a few hours. armored vehicles, about 200, 300 police. heavily armed police, tactical teams taking up positions. the atmosphere was very, very tense. and every few minutes we could hear shouts, screams, horrified screams coming from inside theater. as the hostages were evacuated from outside theater. >> so talk to us about the hostages...