“Life is but a dream,” says the samurai Takiguchi (Patrick Bussink) “but in the lotus blossom is the beginning of reality.” He is preparing to cast off his worldly delights and ambitions to live a life of prayer, meditation and self-denial. In so doing, he hopes to in some way make up for the unspeakable, […]
Big Bird Invades Georgetown: Monkeyboy at Charter Theatre
I must tell you at the outset that this play features an enormous Cockatoo. When I say “enormous” I don’t mean big like the bird that Robert Blake, pre-indictment, carried on his shoulder in Berretta. I mean bigger than Totie Fields, bigger than Flipper the Dolphin, bigger than God. Monkeyboy is a meta-bird with a […]
Experiment with an Air Pump, successful!
In the Joseph Wright painting, “Experiment on a Bird in the Air Pump,” a Saint of Knowledge, his face rigid with scientific rapture, displays the results of his experiment. Around him, his apostles, family and friends gaze on in various expressions of certainty and satisfaction. To his left, a middle-aged man smugly explains the results […]
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