Word: reads
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...Read About My Death In Vogue Magazine...
...certainty of purpose and unity of action displayed by the seven actresses who parade through Lydia Sargent's sharp-toothed comedy revue, there would be no need for a dramatization of the troubled past and uncertain future of feminism. But as the players constantly remind is in I Read About My Death In Vogue Magazine, the movement has not been so lucky...
...Read About My Death is much more than proof that feminism is alive and well and living at the Newbury Street Theater. It is also a gritty, razor-sharp cultural critique which blends satire, sight gags and profanity to create a history of the last three and a half decades of the feminist movement in America...
...wide range of postures which lifts I Read About My Death in Vogue Magazine above the diatribe while still allowing it to respect the complexity and seriousness of the the issues it takes up. Were it not for the frequent injection of humor, one might even say silliness, the play would enter that danger zone where the only receptive audience is the one already converted...
...unfair to demand fairness from this kind of play, and any injustices done by the characters is minor compared to those suffered by them. The play's raucous tone often leaves us free to choose what to take seriously and what to read as self-parody anyway. This self-protective stance allows the playwright and her company to plead "just kidding" to any protestation, but it also drives home the absurdity of rigid sex roles and sexism...