Word: exoticism
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A down-on-her-luck American anthropologist in Botswana decides it is high time to find a spouse. Into her frame of reference comes Nelson Denoon, who is handsome, charismatic and doing worthy work for indigenous women in the Kalahari Desert. Her narrative of what happens next -- and next -- is...
A down-on-her-luck American anthropologist in Botswana decides it is high time to find a spouse. Into her frame of reference comes Nelson Denoon, who is handsome, charismatic and doing worthy work for indigenous women in the Kalahari Desert. Her narrative of what happens next -- and next -- is...
7. EXOTIC FISH.
7. EXOTIC FISH.
Among several lavish set pieces, the showstopper is a Turkish scene at the end of the first act. Such exotic interludes were a vogue in the 18th century, and Corigliano and Hoffman mock the form with glee. The setting is an outlandish reception at the Turkish embassy, presided over by...