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Aftur's bottom line isn't unique. Down the street the three-month-old Fabelhaft shop has also logged surprisingly high sales. "Opening now has been the best investment for us," says co-owner Dusa Olafsdottir. Inside, tourists and natives mill around bespoke hats and dresses in the boutique's bleached white cube. "Before the crash it was ridiculously expensive on this street, but now you can have your own label and store." (See pictures of expensive things that money...
While the utter villainy of men in Dusa, Fish, Stas, and Vi is just a tad unrealistic, British playwright Pam Gems seems to be taking male depravity to an extreme in order to test out the weaknesses and strengths of her four female characters. This exaggerration causes us to question their actions. If men are so bad, why do these women permit men to treat them this way? Why do they keep coming back for more...
...been raped. She all but steals the show as she mopes around the stage interjecting sarcastic comments under her breath. Lyra O. Barrera's Stas--a whore bent on hustling her way to a Hawaiian medical school--prances around in her underwear reading Scientific American out loud and advising Dusa and Fish to toughen...
...Dusa (Mira Sorvino) is a mod mom who eulogizes the virtues of motherhood. By playing Dusa with false sincerity, Sorvino does not make her a credible character. The fourth woman, Fish (Heather Gunn), is a journalist-activist-feminist and the most ideologically optimistic woman of the bunch--often hopeful to the point of idiocy. Gunn's overstudied performance does little to help us sympathize with...
...though, Pam Gems' astute, fast-paced dialogue, the music and a couple of strong performances save Dusa, Fish from its man-hating, disspiriting premise. It's worth seeing if you are looking for something provocative to stir up your stereotypes. But beware--it could ruin your relaxing, romantic evening...