I am sure a single word cannot destroy our relationship! (…) Today we walked again. He said he will break up with me because I am not normal. And he can only make out with somebody with whom he could envisage his future, common children. And he could not imagine our little half-gypsy children. So what should I do, if I like the normal Hungarian white guys? - saiys the teenage girl, who had bleached her skin, dyed her hair blond and put contact lenses to deceive his boyfriend – who happens to hate gypsies.
And so it started. With a doc
udrama. Thealter’11/U21. It's true.
udrama. Thealter’11/U21. It's true.PanoDráma’s Word for Word is merely holding a mirror to society; echoing ideas that we all have heard - that we know...we know too well. It shocks without freaking you out too much: the actors somehow subdue the atrocity of the 2008-2009-attacks on Gypsies. Thus we still get a chance to breathe through and contemplate. We think about politics, we think about future. Reality often seems like a joke. So should we laugh?
“Szebb jövőt” – can we hope for a better future?
Nearly 90% of the ‘white’ Hungarian population is racist to some extent – especially when it’s about Gypsies. 60% think that the Roma have it in their genes to cause trouble, we learn from the figures on the screen. This rate includes not only the extreme rights, who fight for a better future (Szebb jövőt, as their slogan says).
What is the best in Hungary? – does the interviewer ask.
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I was looking forward to Thealter, after a two-year break. Same odor in the yard, same old walls, and (almost) the same people. A lovely (hot!) summer night, here we are again!
(red) - RED
