While this may have been prevalent in the 50's I don't see what these videos have to do with the show Eurydice that we are producing. I have withheld this comment when we were first presented with this and other sexism material in rehearsal, because I wanted to explore the script more and see if there was something I was just missing. After a couple months I don't see a sexism theme or even undertone in Eurydice. But maybe thats just because of my ignorant man-ness.
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While this may have been prevalent in the 50's I don't see what these videos have to do with the show Eurydice that we are producing. I have withheld this comment when we were first presented with this and other sexism material in rehearsal, because I wanted to explore the script more and see if there was something I was just missing. After a couple months I don't see a sexism theme or even undertone in Eurydice. But maybe thats just because of my ignorant man-ness.
I don't think it's sexism as much as the mythology of perfect relationships and people.
Ruhl said she wrote the play to give voice to Eurydice, who historically has been silent.
She set the play in the 1950's and recreates idealized moments that seem lifted right out of the movies of the era.
I find all of that extrememly interesting and enjoy exploring what she might be saying with those choices.
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