"Stuff Happens" play sears Rumsfeld

[leftchick]

NEW YORK (Reuters) - A play that skewers U.S. Defence Secretary Donald Rumsfeld as arrogant and war-mad has opened to a largely favourable welcome in New York this week, even as former generals turn against him in Washington.


In "Stuff Happens," by playwright David Hare, Rumsfeld is described as a "velociraptor" and at one point his character says "I could eat a baby through the bars of a crib."

The growing number of retired U.S. generals who have called for his ouster has not gone that far describing Rumsfeld, but the arrogance and failure to heed military advisers that they accuse him of are given dramatic life in Hare's play.

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"The play superbly captures the decision making, manipulations and miscalculations that have by now been thoroughly documented," the New York Post said in its review of the play. "'Stuff Happens' is a riveting piece of theatre that well justifies the playwright's description of it as a 'history play,'" in the Shakespearean tradition.

http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20060417/od_uk_nm/oukoe_uk_leisure_rumsfeld_1

[xchrom]

1. rumsferatu -- i'ld like to thank whichever duer came up with that.

[aquart]

2. Damn. It's by David Hare?

Ewwwwwwww. Disgusting, anti-semitic prick. But that's JMHO.

[Atman]

3. Rumsfeld interupts dinner to comment on play....SHOCKING PHOTO!

[WhiteTara]

4. the true Rumsfeld shows himself!

:rofl::rofl::rofl::rofl::rofl::rofl:
Thanks, I needed that!

[Rex]

5. In that picture Rummy the Dummy is

thinking about all the yummy babies left uneaten.

[leftchick]

6. I agree

I find it interesting it was posted with the article. Someone was having fun.

[Rex]

7. Rumors about Rummie's baby eating fetish started years ago.

I remember hearing Mike Malloy call him a ghoul years ago, bout time it turned into a play! :hi:

[Kerrytravelers]

8. Saw this in LA. It was great!