WB cited in Chicago

Giant Television Devours Chicago | Chicago Daily Observer.

Recently the actor Peter Kevoian delivered an excellent portrayal at Chicago’s Mercury Theatre of Screwtape, a senior devil who instructs his nephew, a junior tempter, on the art of corrupting human souls. I paraphrase one piece of advice: “Don’t give your human subject quiet time for reflection! Make NOISE! Surround him with NOISE!”

And it’s noise we’ve got, with television screens chattering at us as we dine, pump gas and ride elevators, advertising mostly useless goods as part of what Wendell Berry calls an “economy based on anxiety, fantasy, luxury and idle wishing.”  READ MORE ...