Nature in front of the mirror
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"Bye, Bye, Blackbird, bye, bye, no one here can
love and understand me, oh, what hard luck stories They all hand me". The wonderful song composed by Ray Henderson with
lyrics by Mort Dixon in 1926 that became a classic performed by Gene Austin,
melts in my memory into the delicate "Blackbird
singing in the dead of night, Take These broken wings and learn to fly"
written by Paul McCartney back in 1968 for the eclectic "White Album"
by The Beatles. In both, Blackbird seeks release from suffering. Now, the
"Blackbird" by David Harrower comes directed by Lluís Pasqual and
performed by Jordi Bosch and Bea Segura. The past has taken a toll on their
lives and it draws questions which can make us feel very uncomfortable because
they go related to sexual abuse. Sex and our view of the it, so coloured by
cultural traditions, carries our impulses for no one lands, hidden, denied on
many occasions, crawling on the contradiction between nature and morality,
sometimes for good and other leading us to an irremediable abyss . A play that
the Scottish playwright wrote in 2005 on behalf of the Edinburgh Festival which
was released under the direction of Peter Stein. A 27 year old girl wants to
understand her relationship with Ray when she was only 12, then he was 40, and
for which he was arrested and imprisoned. She was in love with him and thought
he was too. Is this possible? Is this permissible? ...
BLACKBIRD | Trailer here
Text by Juan Carlos Romero
Blackbird written by David Harrower
Directed by Lluís Pasqual
Photo by Ros Ribas
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