"Mère" texte et mise en scène Wajdi Mouawad, **** 19 nov-30 déc2021

 I have written a long post, just disappeared! More later. V moving v gd. I see it is displayed next to the first photo. Ok, so here it is, more elaborations later.

"Mère" Théatre de la Colline. texte et mise en scène Wajdi Mouawad, **** 19 nov-30 déc

V gd piece. Moving. As I watched, I see all the mother's with each their own daily responsibilities, love, sense of social morality, old culture inserted grown in new adopted culture, the second generation are not there to fulfill the mother's dreams, they have their own lives and battle to live... Christine Ockrent coming into the lives of those who watched her on tv is a stroke of genius. She answers the viewers ( in the piece, her public) and answers in her general way... After all even if she was in real life in the families home, her replies, reactions could only be done in this way, addressing responding at a level that is applicable in general and not specific. Reminds me of all media public personalities, the response will always be a general response, not a specific communication. ( The person on tv saying i love you, is not specific to you, not the same as a mother saying to the son... Where are you? Come back ... Oh my god, put on your shoes... It's Dallas time...). I think in today's media loaded age, you probably have to rely on public personality consolation because in real life, up close, you have more details, all the cracks are showing. . But it's still love. Public and private - all love. Standing ovation, music images all v gd, minimum stage set, clean and just as needed. The mother character reminds me of all the mother figures I have seen in a lot of families. More later... See less

Christine Ockrent character playing herself is a stroke of genius. He has successfully brought an iconic personality in a recent history of television international news reporting into an everyday family home. We see Christine doesnt really cook much, and she answers questions cordially like a grande dame, etc etc. We see immediately whats on tv and when inserted into real life, the layering of messages, how information is transferred and interpreted by ordinary - immigrant - folks. They dont want to hear about this news that news, they want to know about their home country, Lebanon. And the music, singing are so good too. The images from famous tv shows, the real image of the writers mother. We see in real life, and could relate to how people live, from one generation to another. There is no other way. If the mother "wins" her plans for her children, in fact the children have failed their own destiny. If the children goes after their own destiny, with the givens of the conditions around them, then, for sure, it will not align with the mothers dreams - this is the story of all families from one generation to the next - if, if and only if the scenario, the big picture has a huge change between the mothers generation to the childrens generation. If they had not moved, and stayed in their cozy home city; everything stable, there would be much less issues. After all, you can only work with the information the culture around you, you cannot work with what you dont have. :)