Just another prisoner; Audience held captive to 'Deathwatch' limits.(SHOW)(THEATER) From: The Washington Times | Date: March 5, 2004 | COPYRIGHT 2004 The Washington Times LLC. This material is published under license from the publisher through the Gale Group, Farmington Hills, Michigan.  All inquiries regarding rights should be directed to the Gale Group.Copyright information

Byline: Jayne Blanchard, THE WASHINGTON TIMES

French playwright Jean Genet died in 1986, but he must be cackling and merrily sucking on Gauloises in his grave over the irony that today's society holds criminals in even higher esteem than he did when he wrote "Deathwatch" in 1942.

We worship our felons and give them celebrity status through book and movie deals and television coverage.

Feeding on this concept that crime pays - and handsomely - the A...