Eclipsed may not be my cup of tea. It's the drama about women's suffering during the Liberian civil war that eventually ousted dictator Charles Taylor.
Written by Danai Gurira, this show opened two days ago on Broadway in New York City, but I'm thankful that it hasn't arrived in Los Angeles yet. I don't have to make a decision about whether to see it.
http://www.nytimes.com/2015/10/15/theater/review-in-eclipsed-female-captives-in-liberias-civil-war-seek-sustenance.html
Rape, sexual slavery, brutalization, and dehumanization are important problems to address in wars that include these practices, but I'm not sure that I can sit down in a theatre and become a witness as part of an evening of entertainment.
Lupita Nyong'o, Oscar winner for her supporting role in Twelve Years a Slave, is one of the stars, but her vivid portrayal of suffering may be too much for me.
Just watching the violence of The Suffragette last month was jarring enough, and those events took place one hundred years ago.
Thank you to Charles Isherwood for his review, but this is one I may have to pass up.
Written by Danai Gurira, this show opened two days ago on Broadway in New York City, but I'm thankful that it hasn't arrived in Los Angeles yet. I don't have to make a decision about whether to see it.
http://www.nytimes.com/2015/10/15/theater/review-in-eclipsed-female-captives-in-liberias-civil-war-seek-sustenance.html
Rape, sexual slavery, brutalization, and dehumanization are important problems to address in wars that include these practices, but I'm not sure that I can sit down in a theatre and become a witness as part of an evening of entertainment.
Lupita Nyong'o, Oscar winner for her supporting role in Twelve Years a Slave, is one of the stars, but her vivid portrayal of suffering may be too much for me.
Just watching the violence of The Suffragette last month was jarring enough, and those events took place one hundred years ago.
Thank you to Charles Isherwood for his review, but this is one I may have to pass up.
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