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Feminism. Bilingual education.
Fitting in. "Dawson's Creek" on
Country" is an interesting
Orchard Street.
half-hour children's drama
This show is only 30 minutes long.
that proves the aphorism
Can the producers possibly tie all
"the more things change ... ."
these strands together? Nu, you think
"Dreams" is part of HBO's "Dear
we're dealing with amateurs?
America" series, which consists of chil-
No. 1: Papa played the cello in the
dren's history programming based on a
old country. He meets musicians who
series of books of the same name pub-
knew him by reputation. Would he
lished by Scholastic. Although fiction-
join them? Of course,
al, the various stories are
he will, but no he
loosely based on letters,
can't rehearse Friday
diaries and events.
evening on the
What makes the con-
Sabbath. No prob-
cept interesting is that it's
lem, they'll meet on
a history lesson ostensibly
Monday.
filtered through the prism
No. 2: With the
of teenagers themselves,
help
of a fellow stu-
presumably making the
dent, the younger
series more acceptable to
daughter makes it
its intended audience.
from the first grade to
This episode, which
the ninth in what
premieres 7:30 p.m.
appears to be a day
Tuesday, April 13, with
and a half — once
subsequent showings April
again proving another
15, 18, 21, 24, 27 and 30,
old aphorism: Where
concerns newly arrived
there's a will, there's
Russian Jewish immigrants
no need for bilingual
living on the Lower East
education.
Side of New York at about
No. 3: There's a
the turn of the century.
fire at the shirt facto-
At its most basic and
ry. Mama now
enjoyable level, it is a
believes her elder
story of the difficulties
Heather Brown and
daughter is really
faced by America's newly
Natalie Vansier portray
dead. But miracle of
arrived citizens, attempt-
sisters in HBO's "Dear
miracles, the daughter
ing to maintain their
America: Dreams in
was fired just the day
unique culture yet at the
the Golden Country."
before — for union
same time melt into the
activities.
pot. In that regard it is
This is an old-fashioned kind of
very contemporary.
story. If it were modern, the older
Mama yells when Papa comes
daughter would have been arrested for
home with his beard shaved. He also
arson, the younger daughter forced to
stays late at work and doesn't attend
undergo years of psychological testing,
evening prayer. ("We are in a new
and the parents would divorce as Dad
world," Papa explains.)
goes on tour with a heavy metal band.
Mama yells when her feminist older
But not here, where there's a happy
daughter refuses the entreaties of a
ending. Mama even accepts Sean.
matchmaker because she's too busy
Everyone's happy — except for the
organizing a union at her shirt factory
viewing audience parents who have to
("Mama, I will find someone I love.
explain to their children why every Jew
Someone who loves me for more than
on TV ends up marrying a gentile.
my borscht.")
And the younger daughter, who is
— Reviewed by Curt Schleier
about 15, is assigned to the first grade
in school because she lacks a com-
mand of the English language.
"Dear America: Dreams in the
To complicate matters, the older
Golden Country" premieres
daughter marries a non-Jew. "Sean has
7:30
p.m. Tuesday, April 13, on
been good to me. He works hard.
HBO,
with subsequent show-
Mama, I love him," she says.
ings.
Check
your local listings.
Her plea falls on deaf ears. Mama
sits shiva.
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