John Doe-Re-Mi.(WASHINGTON, D.C.)(Meet John Doe by Eddie Sugarman and Andrew Gerle)
American Theatre, April, 2007 by Wren, Celia
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YOU WOULDN'T KNOW IT FROM ALL THE Lunesta ads, but insomnia has its advantages. Consider the case of lyricist Eddie Sugarman, who normally doesn't have trouble drifting off ("I consider myself borderline narcoleptic"), but who suffered a week of sleeplessness about five years ago.
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Whiling away the hours with late-night TV, he happened to catch the 1941 movie Meet John Doe, starring Barbara Stanwyck and Gary Cooper. Directed by Frank Capra, Meet John Doe tells of a savvy female reporter who writes a column about an imaginary political idealist: the eponymous Doe. ...
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