More than those of most writers, Miller's characters have taken up life in the popular mind. He remains confident that his new play will gain acceptance. He uses an outstretched hand to palm the air. In his autobiography, Timebends, Miller wrote that "the contemporary American repertoire represents the taste of whoever is writing the New York Times review". It got slammed by the New York Times guy and that killed it." We had great audiences out in Minneapolis, but nobody wants to produce it on Broadway. "It's about advertising and media manipulation. Miller wrote it before September 11, but he can point to themes that are relevant to the turmoil in the Middle East. The play has been performed at the Guthrie Theatre, Minneapolis, with California and Texas next. As the general's cousin says: "There is no one left to call anything unreal." Resurrection Blues was at first-draft stage, unseen by anyone, when bids were submitted to broadcast the execution of the Oklahoma bomber Timothy McVeigh on the internet. Shooting is too obvious, so he arranges a spectacular crucifixion: "Once it's televised there'll be tour buses bumper to bumper across the Andes." General Felix Barriaux seizes the opportunity to improve the country's finances by having the revolutionary executed and selling the television rights. The play is set in an unnamed Latin American country, where a young revolutionary is captured by the presiding military dictator. The SOX's unanimous rally Monday comes as the technology-heavy Nasdaq 100 jumped 1.4% and the S&P 500 rose 1.2%.Arthur Miller's latest play, Resurrection Blues, is a satire on the ways that media hype, with official lies, helps to sustain the rule of corrupt government. were up 1.1% and Micron Technology Inc.'s stock, which was the SOX's worst performer on Monday, rose just 0.4%. Among other more-active SOX components, shares of Intel Corp. shares, which climbed 4.9%, and Nvidia Corp.'s stock, which hiked up 4.7%. The SOX's other top performers Monday were Lattice Semiconductor Corp. Advanced Micro Devices Inc.'s stock was the SOX's biggest gainer, rallying 5.9%, but was still below its Nov. The SOX has now run up 8.2% amid a four-session win streak, and was on track to close above the Dec. The chip sector index, known as the "SOX," ran up 2.7% with all 30 components gaining ground. The semiconductor sector was enjoying a broad and healthy rally in afternoon trading Monday, enough to propel the PHLX Semiconductor Index into record territory. Chip stocks see broad rally, as AMD's stock leads the 'SOX' into record territory
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