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2016

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BEFORE BEING EATEN - DEATH, DESIRE AND DISGUST IN FILM

Chapter III - Cannibal Holocaust

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BEFORE FALLING IN LOVE - DEATH, DESIRE AND DISGUST IN FILM

Chapter II - Ai no corrida

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BEFORE BEING EXECUTED - DEATH, DESIRE AND DISGUST IN FILM

Chapter I - Baise Moi

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NOTES FROM UNDERGROUND - DEATH, DESIRE AND DISGUST IN FILM

Introduction

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APPROACHING THE SUBJECT OF DEATH - DEATH, DESIRE AND DISGUST IN FILM

Prologue

a minor key

HOW CHANGING A MINOR KEY COULD BECOME A MAJOR IMPROVEMENT OR WHAT ONE COULD LEARN ABOUT THEATER WHILE LISTENING TO A CHRISTMAS SONG

2015

the orchard of rimas tuminas

LORD HAS SMILED AT THE ORCHARD OF RIMAS TUMINAS

delicate balance

NOT SO "DELICATE DIS-BALANCE" OF SIRGAY'S SALTY BALLS

Serge watches "A Delicate Balance" on Broadway. What happens to his balls? You need to find out.

2014

the interview

NOTHING ABOUT NIPPLES, BUT I GOT YOUR ATTENTION: SONY READS "THE PRODUCERS," RELEASES "THE INTERVIEW"

Sonny tanks, reads The Producers, makes the film The Interview.

 

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"DEATHWATCH"-ING "SHORT EYES"

Dear Plastikoff gives you another "Temperamental "T" Battle!" This time he reads Piñero and Genet, talks about wrongful accusations and how he reads plays.

 

opium for the masses

LEGALLY ALLOWED TO KILL A KITTY

Liza Minelli’s Nipples, Anatoly Kashpirovsky and what you most likely not seeing while watching a cat video.

...an entry about how media manipulates and uses you.

blue jasmine

HOW "A STREETCAR NAMED DESIRE" TOOK "BLUE JASMINE" TO THE OSCARS

Tennessee Williams, Cate Blanchett, Woody Allen and what happened to "A Streetcar Named Desire" in "Blue Jasmine."

 

 

period of adjusment

"PERIOD OF ADJUSTMENT" VS. "WHO'S AFRAID OF VIRGINIA WOOLF"

Temperamental "T" Battle

An entry for playwrights, actors, directors, theater and film aficionados.

spoonful of sugar

A SPOONFUL OF SUGAR OR MY FOUR DOLLAR STORY

We all need some sugar in our lives, but sometimes we have no money to buy at least a few spoons of it. This entry is about times when we find ourselves in a dark place.

scarlett johanssons boobs

"her" OR A HIPSTER LOVE STORY WITHOUT SCARLETT JOHANSSON'S ENGLISH MUFFINS

Something very disturbing happens at the cinema. Read and be warned!

murakami cat

DID I JUST EAT A MURAKAMI CAT?

Inspired by Haruki Murakami, his cats and maybe my roommate has something to do with all of this.

Serge Plastikoff shares his experiences of being smoked out of his apartment while reading Murakami's "Kafka on the Shore."

nekrosius nose

RUNNING AFTER NEKROŠIUS’S NOSE

Nekrošius and his Nose and why it is so important to drink milk if you are a cat.

Serge Plastikoff remembers why he is a director! Enjoy!

gone fishing

GONE FISHING OR SOMEHING ABOUT STALIN

What do you think happens when Serge Plastikoff goes missing for a few weeks, gets abused by a drag queen and fish some smoked fish on Brighton Beach in the middle of winter? Of course, he talks about Stalin and theater while fighting neighborhood cats!

2013

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THE FLOWERS OR THE FART WHO WASN'T THERE

Inspired by Clarissa D. and playwrights’ egos. Dedicated to all writers who couldn't but still… (farted)

This is what happens when our own Serge Plastikoff eats too many pickles, reads Virginia Woolf and gets in the middle of play writing debauchery. Read with caution!

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MY 3 SPENT KOPEKS OR AN OPEN LETTER (sort of) TO PLAY WRITERS

Our own Serge Plastikoff spends his last 3 kopecks! Ah these play writers!

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MY CONFESSION TO CATE BLANCHETT'S UNCLE

Serge Plastikoff confesses to Cate Blanchett's uncle or does he?.

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UNSOLICITED SOLICITATIONS OR UNCONVENTIONAL VIEW OF "LIGHT OF NIGHT”

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BREAKING BAD RE-VIEW OF A MINDFUL MASTURBATION

Serge Plastikoff is at it again with his Mindful Masturbation on a Sunday night.

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TO CRÊPE OR NOT TO CRÊPE OR THE ART OF BAKING THEATER. NOW WHAT? A COOKING SEGMENT

Our own Serge Plastikoff talks theater cooking in his newly baked soggy blog (slog). To Crêpe or not to Crêpe this is ze question! Read it and learn something new about blintzes and his new friend tractor.

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THEATER IN TIMES OF CHOLERA OR THE BEASTLY BABY AND A CHAINSAW

It was usually damp and sticky for it wept a great deal. It was consumed by self-pity, which in this case was perfectly justified. (Edward Gorey)

Sloggy Gloggy Blog! Bam! Theater in Times of Cholera or the Beastly Baby and a Chainsaw.

May 28, 2012

The universe works in a very strange way. On Thursday, last week, I found this guy's blog or should I say the blog found me :). It was strange to realize that even if we think that we are all by ourselves there is always somebody who is experiencing similar life changes as you do. I had fun reading this blog. Here, take a look.

http://www.qwitr.org/

May 14, 2012

marilyn

“Imperfection is beauty, madness is genius and it's better to be absolutely ridiculous than absolutely boring." Marylin Monroe

Today I was re-watching rehearsals for The Happenings... and again caught myself thinking about a certain problem I often face when working with actors/performers. With some of them the joy and playfulness achieved during rehearsals are lost when a premier approaches. It bugs me that we, as performers, want to be "perfect" for audiences. The beauty lies in mistakes and imperfections. I don't want to say that perfection is "bad" or that everything should be polluted with defects, no, but when a mistake is created there is a need for it to be corrected, thus a game of how to fix it begins. Theater is that game.

May 13, 2012

the happenings

I know, I know, this page seems dead, doesn't it? Well I promise to be more responsible about it. There is a lot to tell you...

Even though The Happenings at Sogmush River or How to Become Chic and Mysterious All at Once (a long title and I love it :)!) happened some time ago, I am still working on it. It became a part of my MFA thesis in New Media Art and Performance. I will be posting some parts of it in here. So keep checking this page out if you want to find out what I was writing about in my paper :)!

September 17, 2011

quentin crisp

Working on a new show. Absolutely ecstatic about it. This is a picture of Quinton Crisp, photographed by Andrew Macpherson. Bezef – do I need to say more?

October 14, 2010

epistemologies

Since I am just about to start writing my MFA thesis, I thought that it would be great to remind myself about my MA thesis. Here is an excerpt from Epistemologies of Death Desire and Disgust in the Films. Enjoy.

There are not many people who can truly say that they are not afraid of death. The second humans are born, in effect, they are born to die. Death has many faces; many of them are mysterious, frightening, and it is most often the case that when humans are faced with death they lose their “cool.” What humans do not understand or are afraid to understand makes them suffer. Humans suffer not from life itself, but from living it. A human being’s consciousness is defined by intellect or by a way of thinking. The knowledge of how thinking is born gives humans their perspective on how to live. Death, desire, and disgust go hand in hand on the road of the unknown. Humans bravely walk this road of disgust looking for answers, although usually emotions get in the way, of rational understanding. The mind dictates the norms born in a society, while inner souls are drawn to experience an unconscious story.

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