English spoken play in Merlin theater.
Simon Stephens' play, Pornography is set in July 2005, when the london bombings happened. The author shows the few days between the Live 8 concert, the announcement that London had been awarded the Olympics and the July 7 bombings through everyday lives of several characters. These characters are common people whose disappointment of life draws a clear image of social problems. The terrorist himself appears, who is only a part of our everyday life, a member of our social system. Stephens' play, and the production of Merlin reveals how similar he is to us, ordinary people. The frustration, the disappointment, the monotonic weekdays and the repressed agression define all of our lives. Hence all stories of the characters are equal; they are only fragments in parallel of everyday life in a city.
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