The Forbidden City [1994]
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Résumé This is an imaginary epic inspired by the 1970 October Crisis in Québec. It is a vitriolic satire of dreams and revolt which depicts the dilemma of three brothers who struggle for revolution in an unspecified
country. The play takes us into the proverbial closet where the skeletons are still asleep. Extrait « PIERRE : I saw him again last week, on a streetcorner, with his little bell. Damn, he makes me so mad… He hasn't understood a thing. […] He's another example of someone stuck in the Middle Ages! […] It makes my blood boil. He seems to be satisfied living in filth up to his eyeballs. And yet the guy is brilliant. He could've succeeded with his hands tied. But no. And he'll die in his goddam soup kitchen, fuck… » |