We sometimes forget- we Americans who've been sanitized and coddled by cute Disneyesque versions of such things- that the fairy tale (from the French word feerie, meaning illusion) was originally meant as a cautionary fable, a legend or piece of folklore told to terrify children into ...
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'Crazy' about 'Patsy Cline'
By Sally Carpenter sallyc@theacorn.com
      Yee haw! Ready to have a good time? Even if you're not a country music fan, you'll find your toes atappin' and your head a-bobbin' at "Always . . .Pasty Cline" at the Simi Valley Cultural Arts Center. This two-hander musical revue features Michele McRae as the dynamic singer. Kathleen Silverman pl...
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