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Ten Years on, American Playhouse is Still Worth Celebrating

The PBS program marks its first decade on the air with the showing of two broadway productions: Steven Sonheim's "Into the Woods," and John Steinbeck's "The Grapes of Wrath." Television critic David Bianculli reviews them both.

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Other segments from the episode on March 20, 1991

Fresh Air with Terry Gross, March 20, 1991: Interview with Charles Smith; Interview with Ron Hampton; Review of the television show "American Playhouse."
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A Black Cop's Perspective on Police Brutality

National Affairs Director of the National Black Police Association, Officer Ron Hampton, has been a policeman for 19 years. He's gotten a reputation for speaking out against the misuse of power in the police force, which Hampton says is distressingly common. He'll discuss the beating of Rodney King by LAPD officers.

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Television Critic David Bianculli previews this week's "American Playhouse" presentation on PBS titled "The Trial of Bernhard Goetz." Goetz was acquitted last year of assault charges stemming from his shooting of four black youths in a New York City subway car after, Goetz contended, the youths tried to rob him. The trial, which dominated the New York City press for several weeks, was known as "The Subway Vigilante" trial.

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