http://blogcritics.org/ A sinister cabal of superior bloggers on music, books, film, popular culture, politics, and technology - updated continuously. en Copyright 2005 by the authors Fri, 7 Apr 2006 16:42:34 EDT http://backend.userland.com/rss Blogcritics.org custom software http://blogcritics.org/archives/2004/08/30/150117.php#comment-347983 The show was very moving. It was especially meaningful for me being that my mother and father told me nothing about down there. The respectful and meaningful way Sia Amma presented the show in which the body was discussed was well helpful to me. The discussion about the vulva helped me connect to my own body at the moment when I really needed to know myself. Her shows are a gift to me and others women who are made to feel useless about their bodies. And considering she speaks 4 to 5 different languages, I think she is a wonderful performer and a great writer. 347983@blogcritics.org Fri, 7 Apr 2006 16:42:34 EDT http://blogcritics.org/archives/2004/08/30/150117.php#comment-297977 FGM is one of the most disgusting and degrating thing i have ever heard of. i feel sorry for all these women who have to go through with this operation due to their heritages or parents commands. 297977@blogcritics.org Sat, 31 Dec 2005 00:52:18 EST http://blogcritics.org/archives/2004/08/30/150117.php#comment-259709 Despite the subject matter- mothers, daughters, sex communication, gender politics, and so on- giving ample room to challenge, find humor, and initiate audience growth, What Mama Said About Down There is quite possibly the worst preformance peice that I have ever seen. It is one woman's attempt to over personalize her own experience and berate the audience into thinking that by saying words like flap trap or vulva that they are being enriched and given tools to effectively talk to future generations of young woman about sexually coming of age. Not only does the act start with Sia asking the people present to devulge private moments of their lives (and let me tell you, no safe space was set up for this type of "group" work) she continues to humilitae, berate, hassle, and mock participants through out the show. And then there is the acting, which is a poor attempt at improve. Clearly there was never a script, or ryhm or reason to the charachter development. It is at times, most times, incoherent and nonsensical. She flails around, and each skit is the same charachter, the only difference are the insulting and poorly done accents that distinguish valley girl from lesbian, french woman from asian woman. She makes grotesque assumptions about her own charachters, racist assumptions, class assumptions, AND, on more than one occasion, makes these same assumptions of the audience. It was a wonder that not every one walked out all at once. People were violated, insulted and horrified. It was like watching a terrible car crash, you just can't look away as it unfolds in awful slow motion. Clearly, this woman is unstable, and all my sympathy for her plight. But to hold people hostage, and to make them pay for what should be entertainment, is a scam that should be stopped. Do not take your daughters, or your mothers, or yourself. 259709@blogcritics.org Sun, 23 Oct 2005 02:31:00 EDT