I have enjoyed a number of Trinity Rep plays over the years. But I don't like the concept here in their new " Julius Caesar " . Must politically correct feminism emasculate the greatest Roman of them all ? What is the point ? Is it not precisely Betty Friedan's FEMININE MYSTIQUE which implies that a female boss must be charmingly different as a boss ? A Harpy who tells you " You're fired ! " is no improvement on " The Donald " who says the same thing -with a bolder insult . A UNISEX American fascism is coming ?
Is the slave mistress any more tolerable than the slave master ? Harpy Hillary Clinton will start World War III just as quickly as Republican Donald Trump .
How about a Trinity Rep play on the life of Ayn Rand ? I read she insisted that her first husband wear bells on his shoes so she could hear him coming and going in the house. She could be played by a man !. And Wall Street conquest is best represented by a bull.
Selfishness and narcissism and GREED are gender blind.
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