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...what to do about a child conceived in the violence of rape or incest. The pro-life movement brooks no exception to the absolute position that all abortions, except those to save the life of the mother, are wrong, even ones intended to terminate the progeny of a rapist. Yet this stance may be their undoing. Louisiana's Governor Buddy Roemer, a self-described "right-to-lifer," has promised to veto the just-passed antiabortion bill because it makes no exceptions for rape and incest...
When Karen Finley takes the stage, you're not at My Fair Lady. A typical solo work by the New York-based performance artist involves a flood of ranting * profanity, unspeakable desires, feral behavior and sexual politics. Assuming the character of a rapist or an abusive husband, Finley acts out the darkest imaginings of men, the furies of mind and body that she sees as the source of degradations suffered by women. In the process, she fills the stage with shrieks and spit, sometimes stripping off her clothes and smearing food across her body. In a now legendary piece that...
After tying him up, Marjorie, cynical about the justice system, begins to mete out what she sees as justice: torture. Marjorie's roomates come home to find her attacker in the fireplace, bound and blindfolded. Debates ensue between them about the fair punishment of the potential rapist and Marjorie's role in the assault. At one point one of her roommates even insinuates Marjorie's clothing--or lack thereof--is calculated to provoke...
...play's resolution is ambiguous. Raul, the would-be rapist, blind and defeated, confesses his intentions to rape Margery, and her roommates. He admits to having raped and killed women in the past...
...character's unusual lack of selfdoubt might be attributed to the play's having been written by a man, Norman also said. Although she called all three of the women's roles "very strong," she said she thought the role of the rapist is "unbelievably well written...