There
is no doubt that the show that is the most talked about in the
Fringe this year is La Fura dels Baus and XXX.
This
Spanish Company have courted controversial publicity wherever they
have played with this interpretation of the Marquis de Sade's
Phiolophy in the Boudoire.
The
plot is centred on the perversion of an innocent teenager, Eugenie
by her three tutors, the retired porn star Lula, Lula's brother
Giovani and the evil Dolmance.
The entire production is in
Spanish, with off stage subtitles and lasts for two hours. There
is copious on stage nudity, simulated, at least I assume it is
simulated sex, hard-core porn on the screens and live audience
participation in the stripping stakes.
There
may be a real attempt to interpret the works of Sade, and the
staging together with the multi-media technology is impressive,
but it is the shock value I feel that is attracting the audience.
How
did I feel about the show? It was an experience, but not one I
particularly would want to go through again.
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