Already Frank Sinatra knew: The tables of the Theater Café are empty. The terrace is deserted. |
Well, I wasn't so sure. Did the BZ mean the "Corona opening" of the theater or the premiere of two pieces?
The "new normal" seating. Only couples sit together. Note the banal stage set. |
Berthold Brecht and Kurt Weill |
The scene plays in a kind of doll's house. The BZ writes, "A bathroom with anthracite-colored tiles and a corner bath on the first floor; on the ground floor to the left a sizeable average kitchen; the living room is a mixture of Swedish furniture store interior and inheritance: painstakingly acquired, modest wealth is reflected in it - and poverty lurks in every corner. So does sin."
Anna I is singing in the bathroom while Anna II is performing the act ... with a plant. |
Interwoven is the story of "Motherland." A mother (it is Anna II) does everything so that her little daughter should win a beauty contest. The relationship between mother and daughter slowly escalates in desolation: Mom wants to drag the little girl from beauty contest to top model contest, partly subliminal, partly with brutal pressure. The peak of this martyrdom is the scene where Anna II injects her daughter Botox.
The showdown comes in the one, but the final scene where the girl refuses to collaborate and mother Anna II enumerates all the expenses she has invested in the project. She goes to the upper floor and sits in the bathtub ... I was expecting the worse.
But then the closing words of the little girl came out clear and loud, addressing her mummy, "We will win, I promise."
"Motherland" is stereotypical and banal, and "The Seven Deadly Sins" are a short imitation of "Rise and Fall of the City of Mahagonny." Except for the excellent actors, it wasn't a fantastic theatrical evening sitting together (?) with fellow spectators in the "new normal" configuration.
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