the play has already been performed in India some years ago. On 21 March 2010 10:59, C.K. Vishwanath <ck_vishwanath2...@yahoo.com> wrote:
> > > ----- Forwarded Message ---- > *From:* CK VISHWANATH <ckvishwan...@gmail.com> > *To:* C.K. Vishwanath <ck_vishwanath2...@yahoo.com> > *Sent:* Sun, 21 March, 2010 9:58:21 AM > *Subject:* Re: Women's Month Celebration: Vagina Monologue > > > > On Sun, Mar 21, 2010 at 9:54 AM, Rinita Mazumdar > <revfemini...@gmail.com>wrote: > >> Hey Guys and Gals, >> Absolutely excited!!! At least saw a play worth watching, brought in the >> notion of *GLOBAL FEMINISM* the play is called* VAGINA MONOLOGUE*, and is >> by the author Eve Ansler. >> >> We must absolutely perform the play in India. There are several things >> worth about the play: (some of the women in this play performed in my plays >> "Sutteee debate in the British Parlour and the Kitchen" where I went through >> a quasi-Taslima type adventure with the Hindu Temple at the forefront!!!!!) >> >> The play "VAGINA MONOLOGUE" is worth watching for several reasons: >> 1) While it talks about the universal phenomena such as rape it also talks >> about women's pleasure (a taboo subject in phallo centric order) >> But I think the best thing about the play is this: >> it really moves away from the notion of a hegemonic US dominated >> "feminism" to women's oppression globally. So while one performed and spoke >> of the Female Genital Mutilation, the other performer on the stage talked >> about how women's bodies are mutilated and commodified in Western Capitalist >> society via use of silicon boobs and artificial beauty product and so on >> many of which are actually very harmful for the body; a parallel in India is >> the craze to whiten skins (spans both genders but more so on women). >> >> So, this shows, that women's bodies whether veiled or open are all >> products of patriarchy and that is the best msg of the play besides being >> very sex positive about women taking control of their bodies and refusing to >> obey patriarchical taboos and laws of pleasure and performance..... >> >> Let us think and try to make an "Indian" version of "VAGINA MONOLOGUE", >> >> Rinita >> > > > ------------------------------ > The INTERNET now has a personality. YOURS! See your Yahoo! > Homepage<http://in.rd.yahoo.com/tagline_yyi_1/*http://in.yahoo.com/> > . > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "Green Youth Movement" group. > To post to this group, send an email to greenyo...@googlegroups.com. > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > greenyouth+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com<greenyouth%2bunsubscr...@googlegroups.com> > . > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/greenyouth?hl=en-GB. > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Green Youth Movement" group. To post to this group, send an email to greenyo...@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to greenyouth+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/greenyouth?hl=en-GB.
