[a website for the Editor and Narrator of the Circo del Herrero series]
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[“BLA and GB Gabbler” (really just a pen name – singular) are the Editor and Narrator behind THE AUTOMATION, vol. 1 of the Circo del Herrero series. They are on facebook, twitter, tumblr, goodreads, and Vulcan’s shit list.]
‘Because the people who call out books and shows and movies for bad representation are not haters in that way. They’re doing what they’re doing with a desperate hope of improving our media, because art affects us on really deep, unconscious levels and so we need to understand the consequences of our art. We need to understand what it does to us, to all of us–what we might be doing to other people, through our art.’
A modern retelling of Lysistrata, Chicago females hold out to get their men in line–glazing over masturbation just as well as the ancient play. This idealized view of female power and ability is why it works better as a comedy than actual message–and why it works against Spike Lee’s attempt. Also, take note that the male’s name replaces the female’s in this version. Ahem.
Watch it for the poetry. Use subtitles if you can. Better than a “modernizing”/”gangsterizing” of Shakespeare, for sure.
[“BLA and GB Gabbler” (really just a pen name – singular) are the Editor and Narrator behind THE AUTOMATION, vol. 1 of the Circo del Herrero series. They are on facebook, twitter, tumblr, goodreads, and Vulcan’s shit list.]
