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Meanwhile, students holding out on the square knew that their numbers were dwindling and that their protest was turning into a minor sidelight to a power struggle. A few days ago, in a flash of their earlier exuberance, they erected a "Goddess of Democracy" at the northern end of the square. The 30-ft.-high sculpture, fashioned from plaster-covered Styrofoam and bearing a marked resemblance to the Statue of Liberty, drew contemptuous comments from the government -- and admiration from thousands of onlookers...
...nicely under Brent Eller's direction. The plot is perfectly symmetrical. Will Susan choose reality with a family that doesn't love her, bland Marsala wine and a black lunch table? Or will she opt for the illusory world of dreams, champagne, a family that treats her like a goddess and a pristine white table with fine china? We feel for Cottingham, who has captured Susan's despairing loneliness and repression behind her cynical facade...
...American history professor, Suwelo's deceased uncle. He meets them when he goes to dispose of his uncle's property. They bring him food and mow the lawn, and when he invites them in to talk, he finds that his dinner is being cooked by a mother goddess who has spent countless lifetimes in Africa and America, and mowing his lawn is her longtime companion...
Describing Lissie, Walker compared the omniscience of the mother goddess to that of the spirit in Walker's Pulitzer-winning The Color Purple...
...goddess worth her salt encompasses everything," Walker said...