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re: NYT - Interpreting 'The Maids'

Posted by:	LegitOnce 01:24 pm EDT 08/05/14
In reply to:	re: NYT - Interpreting 'The Maids' - whereismikeyfl 01:01 pm EDT 08/05/14

Right. I think the idea was that Genet wanted the performances to seem clumsy and inexpert, and possibly he wanted to make the audience uncomfortable with the idea of obviously male performers in the roles of women. There is no indication that he wanted female impersonators in these parts.

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