Word: peronism
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...Derin Altay) ("There was no place she'd been by the age of 15") prostitutes herself to get to Buenos Aires. ("There has never been a lover...who hasn't an eye on...tricks he can try on his partner.") After becoming a radio star, Eva meets Colonel Juan Peron (Robb Alton). ("I've heard so much about you.") With her advice and encouragement, he leads a workers' uprising ("The chains of the masses untied") that vaults him to the Argentinian presidency ("Peron! Peron!") Eva wins the love of her descamlsados (shirtless ones) and initiates a not solely charitable foundation...
...Alton's Peron is a Machiavellian, if occasionally befuddled, politician. And R. Michael Baker's Che stands as a deserving counter-Force to Alstay's Evita. He's on stage almost throughout the show, jumping, running, kneeling--seldom content to stand silently as Evita becomes increasingly popular and disingenuous...
...though, Boston theatergoers will have to resign themselves to a somewhat imperfect theatrical experience, a small price to play for seeing the show here at all. Several minor performances, especially Jill Geddes' as Peron's former mistress, rival those of the leads. Above all else, Webber's consistently haunting and melodic score makes an Evita ticket a worthy investment...
...Peronism was never more than a series of catch phrases to justify Perón's authoritarian rule, extolling nonalignment and a heavy state role in the economy. His economic policies, which poured resources into highly protected, inefficient, state-directed enterprises, depleted Argentina's treasury as the country devoured its foreign exchange earnings from agriculture. In 1955 the military ousted him. Peron eventually settled in Madrid, but he remained in touch with loyal followers back home, encouraging both the right and the left to think that he espoused their goals. In 1973, amid a rising wave of terrorism...
...Peronism is now a splintered movement, but its various branches all endorse some blend of nationalism and populist welfarism. One faction still supports Isabelita Peron, now in her own exile in Madrid. If the party is indeed permitted to operate openly, the question is not just whether the Peronists will be able to overcome their differences and win the electoral majority they claim. It is also whether the military will accept such an outcome...