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Tuesday, February 26, 2008 12:00 AM

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Tuesday: Watch the saffron flags fly in Antonio Ferrera and Albert Maysles' film about Christo and Jeanne-Claude's "The Gates." Plus: What did you think of "A Raisin in the Sun" on Monday?

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  • Tuesday, February 26, 2008 08:04 AM

    A Great American Classic

    "A Raisin in the Sun" is 50 years old but sadly still relevant in so many ways - crosses racial, geographic and social lines in its depiction of a borderline-dysfunctional family seeking to balance traditional values with the desire for upward mobility.

    This play should be revived at least once a decade for a new generation of viewers, until the great day dawns that its message is no longer necessary.

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