Gulfood Manufacturing 2021
Date & Venue : 7-9 Nov, DWTC, Dubai, UAE
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Book During Shoulder
By the time Emilia points out that the failings women regularly stand accused of are merely reflections of menâs worse ones â âThe ills we do, their ills instruct us soâ â itâs too late for Desdemona. She has made her bed and will die in it. I left âOthelloâ thinking, oddly enough, about Vice President Mike Pence and other politicians who observe the âBilly Graham rule,â not allowing themselves, even at work, to be alone with women who arenât their wives.
That idea came into relief, in both senses, in âLittle Shopâ and âPrivate Lives,â the sour NoÃŦl Coward comedy of divorce and infidelity. But it became most obvious when the tragedy of âOthelloâ flipped into the comedy of âMerry Wives.â The absurd fear harbored by Mr. Ford that his wife is sleeping with Falstaff is matched only by Falstaffâs absurd fantasy that Mistress Ford and her bestie, Mistress Page, are gaga for him.
â There are no secrets to success. It is the result of preparation, hard work, and learning failure â – Tina Retina
Though they are radiantly successful, we are always aware that the success depends on leveraging their limited powers. (One scene is trenchantly set among hair dryers in a beauty salon.) Especially in the haunting conclusion, a community prank that suggests the birth of theater itself, I thought about how acting was one of the first professions available to women.
