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Snow White: GirlBoss Interrupted
The show description promises a "brave Snow White that does not wait for rescue" but struggles to prove it. The show was stuck between referencing the fairytale’s Disney adaptation and updating the source material by inserting empowering girlboss elements.
Laughing at empire laughing at itself: Inside Colonial Circus’ whiteface satire
The jokes hold a less-than-flattering mirror up to audience members who’ve never questioned history as told from the colonizer’s perspective. For us as racialized and critical viewers, their wisecracks often land with the warmth of being in on the joke.
Seeker: Storm in a teacup
The play works as a piece of entertainment but it struggles to engage the importance of memory in a larger sense to the point where the whole story feels conspiratorial.
Dirt Trip: Silly Leftist Tantrum
The creator describes their show as a decomposing lecture performance. I, on the other hand, would describe it as a staged meta meltdown, meaning a clown performance of a clown in crisis about clowning. Self-referential, if you will.
Creepy Boys: chaos, desire, and the edges of queer performance
Grummet and Kruger deliberately test the audience’s comfort with an unsettling proximity that challenges what is considered acceptable.
Snow White: GirlBoss Interrupted
The show description promises a "brave Snow White that does not wait for rescue" but struggles to prove it. The show was stuck between referencing the fairytale’s Disney adaptation and updating the source material by inserting empowering girlboss elements.
Laughing at empire laughing at itself: Inside Colonial Circus’ whiteface satire
The jokes hold a less-than-flattering mirror up to audience members who’ve never questioned history as told from the colonizer’s perspective. For us as racialized and critical viewers, their wisecracks often land with the warmth of being in on the joke.
Seeker: Storm in a teacup
The play works as a piece of entertainment but it struggles to engage the importance of memory in a larger sense to the point where the whole story feels conspiratorial.
Dirt Trip: Silly Leftist Tantrum
The creator describes their show as a decomposing lecture performance. I, on the other hand, would describe it as a staged meta meltdown, meaning a clown performance of a clown in crisis about clowning. Self-referential, if you will.
Creepy Boys: chaos, desire, and the edges of queer performance
Grummet and Kruger deliberately test the audience’s comfort with an unsettling proximity that challenges what is considered acceptable.