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...play sees slaves and masters contort the roles they normally take. However, “Maids?? goes deeper that simply showing a character mix-up. Channeling Immanuel Kant, Genet shows how the maids?? oppression exists only with their permission; so long as they fight each other instead of Madame, they will remain in chains...
Clearly, the usher was right: the only sweet and easy parts of the play were the M&Ms from the concession stand. “The Maids?? might not have made my day easier, but it closed Burkle’s directorial career at Harvard on a high note. As in any existentialist voyage, the bumps in the road make the trip worth it: the maids?? games are a ticket to the darkest corners of the soul’s cage...
...October 1971, Harvard women followed suit, establishing a women’s center in the basement of what is now Pforzheimer House. Three weeks later, The Crimson wrote that “space was provided by cleaning out an old mattress storage area next to the maids?? room...The Women’s Center, staffed on a volunteer basis, is a place where women can drop in for discussion of subjects of common interest. The library is to be a source of information for undergraduate papers and theses on women’s issues...
This small-scale production of The Maids starts truly in medias res, with the action kicking into high gear, and never slowing, once one enters the creative set/theater/stage. The simple set is truly a wonder, providing the perfect arena for the maids?? stealthy, furtive dialogue, in which the audience glimpses scenes that the characters believe are secreted...
Suter’s Madame ideally fits the image conjured by the maids?? dialogue; she is an overbearing presence on the maids and the audience. One can understand, if not openly condone, the desire to dispatch her into nothingness...
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