Susan's Place Logo

News:

Since its founding in 1995 Susan's Place forums have blossomed into a truly global lifeline. To date we've delivered roughly 1.4 billion page views to hundreds of millions of unique visitors, guided more than 41,000 registered members through 1,985,081 posts and 188,474 topics across 193 boards, and—most importantly—helped save tens of thousands of lives by connecting people to vital information and support at their most vulnerable moments.

Main Menu

Spoleto Italy: French Plays, Old and New, in Festival’s First Weekend

Started by Natasha, June 30, 2008, 05:27:19 PM

Previous topic - Next topic

0 Members and 1 Guest are viewing this topic.

Print
Go Down Pages1
User actions

Natasha

June 30, 2008, 05:27:19 PM
Spoleto Italy: French Plays, Old and New, in Festival's First Weekend

Link
6/30/2008

"Paul is emotionally devastated. Jean-Louis is then charged with raping a black girl in his class and goes to jail, where he later tells us he is amply punished for his misdeeds by being raped by a black man.
The obviousness of the material is countered by the play's two other characters: the possessive, smothering mothers of the two boys who are played by men in drag — absolutely straightforwardly, with no irony or knowing winks about the incongruity. The villains, it seems, are the unseen fathers. Both survive their ->-bleeped-<- mothers (who become best friends) and their cruel fathers: Paul becomes a busy actor, and Jean-Louis a respectable executive in public works."
  •  
Print
Go Up Pages1
User actions