Theater Talk Tom Stoppard, playwright Rock 'n' Roll

Original tape date: January 4, 2008.
Hosts Susan Haskins and Michael Riedel sit down with accomplished British writer Tom Stoppard as he discusses his work and new play “Rock ‘n’ Roll” and how it explores the relationship between rock n roll music and the political evolution.

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great, thanks

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Tom makes a ridiculous criticism of security cameras in the UK - the numbers grew rapidly during the period the IRA were active. Subsequently, their usefulness was evident when the London Underground deployed them to help reduce mugging and other assaults. Stores took them on to help deter shoplifting and the police extended their use to deter drug dealers and monitor antisocial behaviour on our streets. To make a fallacious connection with our personal freedoms is, as I said before, ridiculous.