Sending Up the Sheppenwolves
“We’re going to do a Kabuki segment,” said Russ Flack.
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Naked Zoo is also a play within a play. It’s being put on by that hot, hot Chicago theater group the Me First Ensemble. The characters are based on actors the Zoo has observed over the years. “You want us to name names?” said Nutter. “We don’t have a lawyer anymore,” said Flack. Director Steven Ivcich came forth. “Steppenwolf, Remains, and all the many spin-offs of Steppenwolf and Remains,” he said.
Before Naked Zoo gets under way, the audience is obliged to sit through a familiar plea for funds. “For $100, you could become an acquaintance of the Me First Ensemble. For $2,500, you could be on a first-name basis with members of the ensemble.”
Vrdolyak is completely alive only when he’s larger than life. He’s the guy who once said, “I should have been a movie star.” The Sun-Times handed him one of history’s greatest death scenes.
Vrdolyak told the Tribune he didn’t even have anybody in his organization who owned a Mercedes. Later he said his buddy Irwin Jann owns a black Mercedes but they didn’t ride around in it until afternoon.
The Sun-Times will be defended by the firm of Sidley & Austin. Sidley & Austin is not inexperienced in libel matters. Recently, they defended Walter Jacobson against the tobacco firm of Brown & Williamson.
