Lulù-Lo spirito della terra-Il vaso di Pandora

A troubling and maddening play. Is it violently misogynistic or bitterly feminist? Well, I've had a peek at Wedekind's diaries, so I guess I cheated a little. Anyway, I read this in a Starbucks, I think, on someone's Kindle I borrowed, like a real smarmy little prick. I like Erdgeist the play less t Leggi tutto

This play's conception and history is perhaps as muddled as the titular character. This adaptation by Nicholas Wright (from a translation by Wes Williams) combines Wedekind's "Lulu" plays, which took on different titles, "Pandora's Box" and Earth Spirit", at various points in Wederkind's checkered c Leggi tutto

Teilweise zäh, gerade der 2. Teil, aber dennoch raffiniert gestrickt und an sich sehr interessant, mit Figuren, die zwischen archetypen und differenzierten Persönlichkeiten schwanken. Wedekind wird ja gerne als großer Feminist seiner Zeit gefeiert und ja, Lulu ist ein ambivalenter Charakter, und ja, Leggi tutto

Ah, Wedekind's best known play: Lulu. Or should I say, his best known two plays, seeing as this is a double tragedy? Lulu is a fin die siècle piece with a very strong femme fatale main character. During the show Lulu has several lovers/husbands, often gets them where she wants them, without ever ful Leggi tutto

These are the two stage plays that inspired Metallica & Lou Reed's ill-fated collaboration. I've read them as research for my review of the album for Dead End Follies. It was pretty interesting, to be honest. Some have criticized Wedekind's work for being misogynistic, but I think it's the opposite. Leggi tutto

I love and hate this play because the Lulu archetype both intrigues and disgusts me, as she does many women. Secretly, I think every woman longs to be someone's muse. The notion that a woman can be so devastatingly provocative and inspiring, yet ultimately helpless and lost is a contradiction that s Leggi tutto