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- Subscribe - Contact Us - Rate Card - Place an Ad Valley&State Backpage O&E Sports Archives Classifieds Faith&Beliefs Obituaries Revels June 10, 2004 'Topdog' is a top-notch play As I read Dennis Rasmussen's June 2 letter about his disappointment at OSF's production of "Topdog/Underdog" I am struck again at the very different reactions of theatergoers. Personally, I thought that "Topdog/Underdog" was one of the best, if not the best, dramatic work that I have seen at OSF. Apart from being superbly acted by G. Valmont Thomas and Kevin Kenerly, the universal themes of love, rage and rivalry are woven together in a way that moved me beyond words. In my view, Suzan-Lori Parks well deserves the Pulitzer Prize she received for this work. My complaint has often been that OSF presents too many crowd pleasers. With "Topdog/Underdog" I have to eat my words. And, by the way, I am going to see it for the second time June 4. Sarah Paul Ashland OSF's plays make for good learning I was very surprised when I read the letter from Dennis Rasmussen in the Wednesday, June 2nd, "Opinions" column. As an Ashlander who attends every play each season for more than 20 years, I enjoyed "Romeo And Juliet." I thought Nancy Rodriquez did a fabulous job. While Kevin's portrayal of Romeo wasn't my favorite, he is definitely one of my favorite actors. He has a lot of dimension to his acting. I was very moved by both his portrayal and that of G. Val in "Topdog/Underdog." As a retired Human Resources Manager of a major high technology firm, I thought the play was a great example of a teaching vehicle. I personally loved "Topdog/Underdog." I thought it a superb work. I thank G. Val and Kevin for pouring themselves into what might be my favorite play of the season. Tia Hatch Ashland Irrigation ditch path suffers To the person or persons who drove on the irrigation ditch path: I hope you had a good time driving your wide-tire vehicle on this path just off Park Street during or after the rain, so you could make nice, deep ruts. Then when you couldn't go any farther, you really messed things up trying to get back out. Many of us enjoy walking along this path and now we get to try to dodge all those ruts. For your few minutes of enjoyment, you have made the walks of a lot of people much less enjoyable. Mavis Cloutier Ashland Careful coverage important A few recent reporting observations ...The article titled "Prohibited, but enticing" found in the May 29 edition regarding skateboarders. The reporting entirely missed the point concerning the damage caused to public property from skateboarders "grinding." ... Memorial Day Weekend Ashland was flooded with soccer players and their families from Oregon as well as adjacent states to participate in the Rogue Valley Soccer Club Tournament. My son was a participant, taking second place (Congratulations Iguanas!) with his team in their age bracket. We looked to the Tidings for some, any, reporting to no avail. ... And speaking of lack of coverage, the best lack of coverage was found in the weather box on June 2 from Doyle. It simply stated, "Doyle has nothing to say today." Paige Jensen Ashland Put Iraqi abuses in perspective We need to put into perspective the abuses toward Iraqi detainees by a few rogue inadequately trained National Guard MPs vis � vis the commonplace atrocities practiced routinely by Muslims against Infidels: read non-Muslims, especially Americans. Muslims worldwide were not offended by the brutal slaughter of over 3,000 civilians on Sept. 17. In fact, there was dancing in the streets in many Arab countries. These same Muslims were not offended by the murder, burning, dismembering and hanging of four American contractors from a bridge, in fact there was celebration in many Arab countries. These same Muslims were not offended by pictures of American POW's beaten or raped. No rage here! I acknowledge that it was wrong to abuse these Iraqi detainees in Abu Ghraib and those involved should be punished. However, look again at the pictures of the burnt mutilated bodies hanging from a bridge or a beheading on TV and tell me, which pictures were more offensive? Carl J. Sandberg Phoenix DailyTidings.com Home Page Valley&State | Backpage | O&E | Sports | Archives | Weather | Classifieds Columnists | Faith&Beliefs | Obituaries | Revels | Subscribe | Contact Us Copyright 2004 Ashland Daily Tidings and Ottaway Newspapers All Rights Reserved Click Here Site Search: .:Advertisements:. RESOURCES - Mail Tribune News - ODOT Road Cams