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Post by crowblack on Jul 30, 2018 13:09:55 GMT
Did Cohn say that any apocalyptic event would come from the Middle East? His focus was on Europe, particularly medieval to 17thc Europe, witch rails and later, the Holocaust , but looking at patterns - he doesn't touch on South America either but their ancient civilizations did similar. I think if we have any nuclear threat, it'll come from the Middle East. I think the more pressing threat to stability is population growth and environmental pressure but the former is a huge taboo and even the likes of David Attenborough get criticised for discussing it. |
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Post by foxa on Jul 30, 2018 15:54:08 GMT
Heh - you guys are much cleverer than me. I thought this was just a play by a guy who likes to blow things up. For fun.
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Post by Deleted on Jul 30, 2018 16:32:14 GMT
Heh - you guys are much cleverer than me. I thought this was just a play by a guy who likes to blow things up. For fun. Yes, but bear in mind that the semiotic thickness of a performed text varies according to the redundancy of auxiliary performance codes. |
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Post by foxa on Jul 30, 2018 16:56:28 GMT
Ha - yeah. Me - I was just there for the ersatz tombola.
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Post by Deleted on Jul 30, 2018 19:24:57 GMT
It wasn't even a tombola, it was a raffle. I *know* my village fete-style entertainments damnit.
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Post by foxa on Jul 30, 2018 19:27:29 GMT
:-) I know Xanderl pointed that out a few pages ago. That's what made it ersatz.
But soi-disant would have been better.
Let's get Rory on the blower I'm sure he'd be open to our comments. :-)
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Post by joem on Aug 7, 2018 23:26:23 GMT
Promising start but downhill all the way. Despite the efforts of an energetic and enthusiastic cast and an excellent performance from the Royal Court's technical team - they deliver an aural and visual treat - the text itself is a sub-Gilliam grotesquerie which fails to deliver the laughs it seems to promise and fails to deliver any kind of coherent political critique.
End of the day it is a self-indulgent nihilist comic rant which reminds me of that song by Groucho Marx "Whatever it is.... I'm against it" which is kind of a shame as there are some good performances in meh roles here.
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Post by lichtie on Aug 9, 2018 18:54:58 GMT
Well the theatre was probably less than half full for this afternoon's performance. Young audience, many of whom seemed to love it. I thought it was tosh from the off, only redeemed by a cast trying their best with this stuff. At least I now know not to try Mullarkey's effort again, since this managed to be poorer even than just NT effort.
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