Posted by sigismund on May 22, 2010, at 19:49:45
In reply to sigismund // STALINGRAD//for you an anyone, posted by manic666 on May 21, 2010, at 13:44:10
Hi manic, I have been at the Sydney Writers festival on a diet of global financial crisis, ecological disaster and the managerial nadir, so as you can imagine it is a pleasant surprise to hear from you. It has also been goode to listen to so many American authors like Lionel Shriver (health system), Michael Otterman (torture) and lots of ones I cant remember. But the standout wonderful American, an absolute gem, the best theatre of my lifetime, was Michael Daisy doing his monologue entitled 'The Last Cargo Cult'. When you enter the theatre everyone id handed (real) money in amounts from $5 to $100, which is the takings of the show returned to the audience unequally, representing the role of luck in life and more besides I would guess. It is a measure of the strength of the performance that everyone hands the money back at the end, or so I felt they did. He was literally breathtaking and I would urge people to keep an eye out for him.
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