Word: victorian
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...gender and sexuality have little to do with each other are misinformed. Can we really say, for example, that women’s suffrage has “little, if anything” to do with sexuality when arguments both for and against women’s suffrage implicated Victorian images of “womanly virtue,” derived from the notion that women were “passionless,” asexual beings? Conversely, can we really say that “same-sex marriage” is “well understood without discussion of gender...
...contemporary art, featuring a new show almost every month: well worth a stop for anyone with an interest in changing trends in the art world.As if to symbolize Boston’s split artistic personality, Gallery NAGA (67 Newbury St) is located in the same building as a granite Victorian-era church. The work of Boston native Gerry Bergstein, who has exhibited here for the past 30 years, is currently on display. His paintings are intricate and dreamlike, capturing imaginary worlds simultaneously being constructed and destroyed. Often, there stands a small, balding man painted in a corner, a self-referential...
...really understood the play, and it stimulated my imagination so much I knew I could do a good job with it. As I was reading the play I thought of a lot of people I knew who would be good in roles. The play centers on Lady Windermere, a Victorian woman who leads a perfect life until receiving some unexpected news from a neighbor. Though Ritchie’s play is not an adaptation, she does put a spin on the time period, changing the setting from the 1800s to the late 1950s. A lot of the ideals...
...celebrated her 21st with classy cheese and delish cosmos. The Advocate revealed its gothy side with a Jack the Ripper-themed shindig. Partygoers had difficulty holding onto their cigarettes and detached sense of irony while grinding to “Gasolina” and wearing blood-stained Victorian garb. Get It Right, Get It Tight knew how to get it moist—the cold weather could do nothing to temper the sweaty heat going on in Kirkland B. The BGLTSA party in the Lowell Grill had a lovely selection of alcohol and an even greater quantity of PDA (Public...
...updated to the 20th-century United States through ’60s fashion and the substitution of all references to England with “New England.” Though it doesn’t seem to make a significant difference thematically, the change is beneficial, since fussy Victorian petticoats and hats would have detracted from the true value of the play—watching the way people weave intricate webs of intrigue around themselves, and veer between frivolity and seriousness. Similarly, the minimalist set (just a few boxes, champagne glasses and the eponymous fan) also keeps the focus...