Everything old is old again -- like Putin playing with Stalin's handbook

Everything old is old again

Contrary to popular belief, I have thoughts.

Putin. Playing us in the Ukraine like Stalin played us in Korea. The USA negotiated that Korean armistice for years — but fighting continued. The armistice? Not signed until Stalin died. Putin is playing with Stalin’s handbook.

Now, we speak of the Great White Way. Broadway is shrinking to narrow way.

Current productions shrivel and there’s yesteryear’s reruns like “Cabaret,” “Chicago,” “The Music Man” and “Othello.”

OK, so maybe a $2 bill isn’t returning, but white powdery round doughnuts have been making their moves. And young people are moving back in with their parents.

Cinema? Besides an upjuiced Tom Cruise still smashing, bashing and trashing, there’s maybe a 600th “Star Wars” and soon maybe Shirley Temp