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| | Metromix. 'Garden' of thorny issues (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-30) |
 | | From a promising historical factFrau Hess did, indeed, interview several replacement gardeners while her own man was off fighting the bad fightMarcus concocted a story in which Frau Hess and a fictional Jewish prisoner, Isaac Baum, become bosom pals and, nearly, lovers. |
 | | From the first encounter between Frau Hess (Kate Harris, all steely flirtations and sudden, Iron Maiden mood swings) and Isaac Baum (Tim Curtis, quick with the wry comebacks, but awfully busy every second), plausibilty is gone with the wind. |
 | | The Hess' living room is depicted in spare but realistic period detail, yet the walls enclosing it, as well as the guest bedroom, are made of prison bars and chain-link fence. |
| metromix.chicagotribune.com /stage/mmx-g8a1td3if.14may30,0,3316854.story (553 words) |
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