{"id":243,"date":"2009-12-14T03:57:25","date_gmt":"2009-12-14T07:57:25","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.itsnotaboutme.tv\/news\/?p=243"},"modified":"2009-12-14T03:57:25","modified_gmt":"2009-12-14T07:57:25","slug":"theatre-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/itsnotaboutme.tv\/news\/theatre-2\/","title":{"rendered":"THEATRE: PALESTINE, NEW MEXICO"},"content":{"rendered":"<h1>PALESTINE, NEW MEXICO<\/h1>\n<p>Bear with me here: a couple of years ago, when I had ceased to be skinny, I was lying around a hotel pool with a tiny, none-word-mincing friend who was visiting from New York. She went to ring for the elevator as I was about to get dressed to go back to the room, but a guy started bothering me. So I just walked quickly to the elevator in my bikini. My friend looked at my newly-zaftig body and blurted-out, \u201cAt least you\u2019re tall!!!\u201d Charming. But true.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_244\" style=\"width: 310px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-244\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-244\" title=\"palestine-new-mexico-1\" src=\"http:\/\/www.itsnotaboutme.tv\/news\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/palestine-new-mexico-1-300x240.jpg\" alt=\"Photo by Craig Schwartz\" width=\"300\" height=\"240\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-244\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Photo by Craig Schwartz<\/p><\/div>\n<p>At the end of the under-90-minute-long <em>Palestine, New Mexico <\/em>at the Mark Taper Forum on opening night, someone asked what I thought of it. My assessment? \u201cAt least it\u2019s short!\u201d It\u2019s not that the Culture Clash-penned (and partially performed) play was <em>awful<\/em>, except for a good deal of the acting. I just didn\u2019t know exactly what was going on or what it was about, and didn\u2019t want to use any brain power on figuring it out. (I had to save it for this review, of course!) But I actually loved Rachel Hauck\u2019s set, Alexander V. Nichols\u2019 interesting effects, and even a couple of Christopher Acebo\u2019s basic-yet-interesting costumes. (To be exact, the fallen soldier\u2019s ethereal vestments and his wife\u2019s casual jean outfit that I was so taken with, I\u2019ll be copying it in the very near future.) And I was really into the great simulation of a peyote-induced hallucination. (At least I <em>think<\/em> it was a great simulation&#8211;I wouldn\u2019t know personally. Seriously. Now if it were a <em>sugar<\/em>-induced hallucination, I can for sure speak to that.) When I got home, Mr. X asked me what the play was about, and as I heard myself trying to describe it, I realized that I really didn\u2019t get it&#8211;at all. The only good to come out of it is that I got reminded to light the Chanukkah candles that I forgot to do before I left for the early curtain. No kidding. So, all I can describe for you is that it was about war and Native Americans and the desert and religion. What it all means is anybody\u2019s guess. Possibly including the actors.<\/p>\n<div><strong><em>Palestine, New Mexico <\/em><strong>running through January 24, 2010<\/strong> <\/strong><\/div>\n<div><strong>Mark Taper Forum\u00a0\u00a0 135 N. Grand Ave.\u00a0\u00a0 213-628-2772 <\/strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.centertheatregroup.org\/\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><span lang=\"EN\"><strong>www.CenterTheatreGroup.org<\/strong><\/span><\/span><\/a><\/div>\n<p><em><\/em><strong><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>PALESTINE, NEW MEXICO Bear with me here: a couple of years ago, when I had ceased to be skinny, I was lying around a hotel pool with a tiny, none-word-mincing friend who was visiting from New York. 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