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amazing display of european 1970s visual excess, some of the most beautiful set design I’ve really ever seen. Has sort of a brechtian effect like it‘s holding your face between its hands, shaking your head, yelling “its play pretend, it’s play pretend, its all paper mache and paint”. reminded me of the fox wedding in dreams, neither has any motivation to veil from the viewer that the performances are performances. often silly but it’s clown school, it’s confetti, it’s a harem carnival, it’s craft baby.
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I'm not sure what to say tbh. I don't know the context of marionette art, let alone 1990's Russian marionettes so I feel ill-equipped to comment. but it speaking to me despite my lack of knowledge/marionette-literacy (lol) is in and of itself a testament to the work! it did remind me of the marionettes in The Double Life of Veronique, which I should really rewatch sometime!
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I also probably enjoyed it bc I've been really into heads in chest as a motif lately. why? unclear still
Feb 9, 2025
this show was truly one of the best shows i’ve ever seen. strange, brilliant, hilarious, super meta concept and ends in a truly moving place. everyone should watch at least once
May 15, 2024
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A transcendent theatre experience. I knew it would be genius because it’s Kate but I literally couldn’t sleep the night I saw it thinking about the layers of brilliance. It’s like space, you wanna understand it, but it’s so vast in its scope that it starts to hurt and you start to feel small if you think too deeply about it. So you just have to laugh.
Nov 6, 2023
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one of the many american foods perfected in the 1960s. once someone at my work caught the toaster on fire trying to toast one of these, I’m not sure what went wrong but I wish they had burned the building down
Jan 22, 2025
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feeling depressed insomniac constipated nauseous? you can always buy a supplement about it. does it have a name like a russian spacecraft? was it harvested in the gobi desert? good signs. you might be missing a precious amino and you don’t even know. I haven’t found the little pill that’ll fix me *yet* but when I do you’ll all be sorry
May 15, 2024