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Horatio Alger Goes Bad In Dark Comic Vision

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From: Chicago Sun-Times
Date: 19931116
Author:Hedy Weiss

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Howard Korder, a 35-year-old New York-bred playwright, makes David Mamet sound like a cockeyed optimist. As evidence, I refer you to his pitch-black drama "Search and Destroy," which is now receiving a first-rate, "we take no prisoners" kind of production by the Strawdog Theatre Company.

Chicago audiences may be familiar with Korder from his earlier play, "Boy's Life," an updated version of Mamet's "Sexual Perversity in Chicago" that looks at ...

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