Perfect Play + Trees
the 2016 Moscow Art Theater production of The Cherry Orchard
“There are 2 kinds of rich people. The ones who do stuff, and the ones who don’t!”
That was my 13 year old’s reaction to the heroine of the The Cherry Orchard doing nothing with an apparent solution to her dilemma. 2024 USA teen was just as baffled as 1904 Russian Lopahkin,
Like Lopakhin, the teenager left the room baffled. I believe he chose instead to read the 8 year old’s graphic novel about a brave kid who does a variety of world saving things, written by one of the original reality tv stars. Hmmm…best play of the 20th century vs. Hilo: the Rise of the Cat….
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