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A piece to understand everything about the explosion of AIDS in America in the 80s

La Comédie Française brings “Angels in America” ​​back to the screen until May 14, 2023. Arnaud Desplechin’s careful staging of Tony Kushner’s cult play that has lost none of its subversion, thirty years later .

What is a staging? Pundits may rage on the matter, with large reinforcements of references being sold in 4 copies. Yet that is the question asked by this adaptation ofAngels in Americaa cult play about President Reagan’s hypocrisy in America regarding the rise of HIV.

In 2020 the French director Arnaud Desplechin (In therapy, brother and sister, Roubaix, a light) has in fact offered a very shy version of the piece. Contrary to The normal heart by Larry Kramer, another fundamental American drama on the subject (which we talk about in this episode of Laisse-moi kiffer), Angels in America, is the bet of portraying the harsh reality of HIV-positive Americans with the imagination. Yet it is necessary that there is on stage, the imagination…

This season, the Comédie Française is back in action. Is the room worth the trip? Mixed (but fun) verdict in this new installment of the dramathis podcast.

Angels in America to be seen until May 14, 2023 at the Comédie Française.

Dramatic?

And if from the very beginning you liked the theater? Either way, that’s what Mathis, podcast manager at Madmoizelle and drama kings everywhere, thinks. Dramathis is a ten minute column to laugh, learn and dramatize every fortnight. Because life without drama is like a joke with no falls.

Can actors play everything? What to do with the problematic classics? Public theater, private theater, what’s the difference? Answers in Dramathis!

Dramathis is a fortnightly Madmoizelle podcast available on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, Deezer and all podcast platforms.

Credits

Dramathis is written, directed by and starring Mathis Grosos, directed by Audrey Godefroy, photography by Emilie Rappeneau, promoted by Hannah Monange and produced by Madmoizelle. Chief editor: Marie-Stéphanie Servos.

Source: Madmoizelle

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