![]() The surrealism here is embodied by the “scarecrow,” which has spooky effects on the kids, who, according to a school librarian who’d once interrupted one of their beatings, had good hearts. In the “Eric Mutis” story, we enter the world of Larry Rubio in urban New Jersey when his gang, Camp Dark, discovers an effigy of Mutis, a Christ-like, epileptic kid the group bullied in eighth grade. Proving Up is an opera about the American dream as experienced by the Zegners, a fictional family of 1960s homesteaders. Russell also broadens her story with parallel plots, such as the denial of truth that Beverly’s sister, Janet, lays on her, to cover the fact that Janet did her own thing while Beverly cared for their dying mother. ![]() It’s hard to tell invented absurdity from true. Bush’s Stolen Valor Act, which punishes people for falsely claiming to have had war experience. Russell invents things, such as the legislation that pays for veterans’ massage therapy, and appropriates facts, such as President George W. As Derek revises his memory, forgetting the details of his guilt, Beverly inherits his bad flashbacks. ![]() She uses her skills to erase a new, ugly welt on Derek’s back. ![]()
0 Comments
Leave a Reply. |