Winderkind

With Desperate Housewives off the air for the summer, some of you may have tuned in the local Cape Wind saga again. The story plays like an English Farce, because nothing that the characters do matters a hoot to the powers that will decide the fate of the project. In case you've lost track of the cast of characters, here's a quick review.

For the Alliance to Save the Sound for the priviledged view of the few:

Sue Nickerson, like Isaac Rosen, her predecessor, hasn't lost the battle so much as her reputation as an ardent environmentalist and preservationist. But she can take solace in that she got paid a quarter million dollars to lose her innocence.

Audra Parker, truly peculiar character. She has nothing to gain in this fight, and everything to lose. She should know better with that MIT education, that even her children would be on the other side if it weren't for all that money.

Cliff Carroll, plays the heavy. Every team has its rabid fans, the guys that paint their chests and yell their heads off at the game. They're somebody's son, husband, or father. But who's?

Charles Vinick, newest member of the cast, brought in too late to save the production. He has nothing at stake, no skin in the game. He's been trading on someone else's reputation for years. The ultimate understudy.

Dan Wolf, like the man behind the curtain, figured it out before anyone else. He professes "extreme ambivalence", because he understands "the show must go on."

Christy Mihos, one of the producers of this farce, bought the future for his family and wants it to stay exactly where it is.

Cliff Schectman, played the role of status quo man. Carried water for the upper echelon. Wouldn't know the future if he ran into it. Like the boxer in On the Waterfront, he could have been a contender. Instead he's Gone with the Wind.