Word: incest
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...Women might seem at risk of being somewhat out-of-date: the tricky iambic pentameter of the dialogue and rather archaic betrothal practices are more reminiscent of Shakespearean times than they are of modern day America. However, the production is at times so wicked, so sensationalist (think lots of incest and death), that the audience can't help but be captivated. Whether it be the orgy at the end of the first act or the well-choreographed (but comedic) swordplay that results in death and still more death, this show is, if nothing else, entertaining...
...Leantio (Fred Hood '02) and his new bride Bianca (Annalise Nelson '02). Unfortunately, in the third week of their marriage, Bianca is seen by the lascivious Duke of Florence (Dan Hughes '01), who then orchestrates a meeting and rapes her. This spirals into an extremely complicated plot mired in incest, murder...
...with the inconclusive questions of human existence. Ilana's narration greets, and scares, the reader first. Ilana is a woman of the old country, probably Russia, who somehow falls in love with a stranger and finds herself in an unnamed American city. Her journey comprises stories of rape and incest, murder and solicitation, placed in a mythical context of forests and magic. A "man in the forest laughing with little pointed teeth" violates her, yet gives her a Faberge egg. This egg becomes the metaphor for Ilana's life and spirituality, though the connection remains weak due to Budnitz...
...more equal than others. To that elitist end, each donor must fill out a tedious, two-page questionnaire with questions like: Hair color? Straight hair, curly or wavy? Eye color? Left-handed or right-handed? Jewish ancestry? College? Major? High school? Family illnesses or health issues related to incest? Then I filled out a Mendelian race tree, delineating the race of my grandparents on down. The last question on the sheet, I had to save for later; it asked whether any part of the donation was "lost" in the donor room. The bank did not follow up as to where...
...WHAT TO LOOK FOR: Being a 17th century Jacobian tragedy, one would expect blood,guts, sex and horrific violence. Women Beware Women will not fail you in this respect: the director (Laughter on the 23rd Floor, Fair Child) confirms that there is plenty of poison, incest and sword fighting to satisfy even the most macabre appetite...