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...Flies” is a retelling of the ancient Greek myth of Orestes, a prince who returns to his native city of Argos only to find that the gods have been punishing the city for failing to stop his mother, Queen Clytemnestra, from murdering her first husband. The play centers on Orestes’ attempt to challenge the gods, and his decision about whether it is easier to live a predetermined life of penitence or to accept the responsibility of choosing one’s own destiny. Jean-Paul Sartre adapted the myth into a play in 1943 to create...
...didn’t want Clytemnestra to be the evil woman,” Broadwater adds. “The more we find ways to understand who she is and feel her pain, the more we empathize with her, so that she seems like a real human being...
...implying an inherently poetic, rebellious symbolism. But instead of feeling a powerful sensation of anti-establishment, we’re left with a mix of strange emotions. The album builds up tension with its onerous layers of dissonance and noise, but ultimately provides no gratification. Catharis-seekers will find it tough to restrain the urge to bash the nearest guitar into the ground out of frustration...
That's a good question. After all, good deeds shouldn't have to stay within the bloodline, right? Find out why you might want to consider adopting a third (or fourth?) grandma (in concept) for yourself, after the jump...
...about figuring out how to play nice with others, and that’s not something that she does naturally,” Bensussen says. “With this cultural moment and this presidency, we’re looking for civility in discourse and we want to find a vocabulary for collaboration and not obstinacy, and the play speaks to that in that it can create harmony in that...