Art Event Three

The Mandrake. Well, it was bizarre, and I must confess that I really did not like it. It was sort of all over the place as far as the plot line is concerned, and it did not paint a flattering picture of women. The main character allowed herself to be manipulated (and with very little struggle in the process). The leading man (whose name I have forgotten because it has been so long) decided one day that he wanted to sleep with a married woman, so he comes up with this ridiculously complicated plan that would never actually work (it had something to do with telling the girl that in order to get pregnant she must drink a deadly potion, sleep with another man and allow him to die, then sleep with her husband who will impregnate her at that point). However, shockingly, it does work. The girl completely allows it to happen. Other than that, the costumes were strange (the old man's phallic codpiece O.O), and the little demons were unnerving (the one that kept laughing very strangely). I did like the nymphs and their musical numbers though (mostly because the music was good, and the nymphs were graceful; they played their parts well). The set was amazing as well; it was well done, brightly-colored, and whimsical. It reminded me of a scene from the video game Kingdom Hearts, and I really wanted to play around in it; so, it matched the mood of the play, I suppose.