Ayakaze Sakina and Yumeshiro Aya reenacting real pictures of Bonnie and Clyde for the Snow Troupe musical performance programme.

Namanari, Hannya and Ja, three stages of spirit possession, usually because of grief or jealousy, as depicted in Noh theatre.

Shunsho, Kabuki Actor Ichimura Uzaemon IX as Sasaki Tadaomi Araoka Genta in a Shibaraku scene, c. 1778

Shunei, Kabuki Actor as Yaoya Oshichi, c. 1794

Soldiers of the IJA 18th Division in an abandoned German trench during the Siege of Tsingtao, 1914

neil newbon also mentioned that, besides the feral cat that visits his house, another inspiration for astarion's physicality was the harlequin mask from commedia dell'arte, which i find very funny given astarion's canonical feelings about clowns

This analysis on why Here Lies Love flopped on Broadway is just... bizarre. They seem to mostly blame it on the marketing failing to sell audiences on the "innovative" show concept, or failing to appeal to the younger crowd. Hardly any mention of the subject of the musical itself drawing controversy — the closest being a perfunctory mention of "the messaging being unclear".

If younger people are smart enough to know the framing of the entire Israel/Palestine conflict on mainstream media has been profoundly fucked up, they're probably also smart enough to realize a disco musical written by white dudes sanitizing a third world dictatorial regime (whether intentionally or not) may be in bad taste.

Pinkshift at The Voxel, 3/9/2023

Photography by Courtney Ramsey

New exhibit at the Museum of Asian Art features artwork from Edo period Japan depicting scenes of spirits and entities from kabuki and noh theater. It’s extremely rad and very much my thing.

started the year determined to watch more international movies & directors of color and now we’re halfway through and 8 of my top 10 films of the year so far qualify. and i wasn’t even trying. “there are no new ideas in hollywood” that’s bc all the boring people are there making blockbuster sequels while the good stuff gets made elsewhere

Miya Rurika singing 私は神だ Je suis un dieu / Le cauchemar on Moon Troupe's performance of 1789: The Lovers of the Bastille (2015)

Noh mask of a jidō (young male sprite). Artist unknown; 17th century. Now in the Los Angeles County Museum of Art.

now that i've turned thai drama into my bachelor thesis, the only question left is: how to turn thai drama into my master's thesis

14th Air Force B-25 Mitchell fails to hit a bridge across the Yellow River in China during a 1944 low level bombing raid

The Sea Elephants by Shastri Akella Shagun knows he will never be the kind of son his father demands. After the sudden deaths of his beloved twin sisters, Shagun flees his own guilt, his mother’s grief, and his father’s violent disapproval by enrolling at an all-boys boarding school. But he doesn’t find true belonging until he encounters a traveling theater troupe performing the Hindu myths of his childhood. Welcomed by the other storytellers, Shagun thrives, easily embodying mortals and gods, men and women, and living on the road, where his father can’t catch him. When Shagun meets Marc, a charming photographer, he seems to have found the love he always longed for, too. But not even Marc can save him from his lingering shame, nor his father’s ever-present threat to send him to a conversion center. As Shagun’s past begins to engulf him once again, he must decide if he is strong enough to face what he fears most, and to boldly claim his own happiness.

"Actor in the No Play Tomonaga" (1926) by Kogyo Tsukioka (1869-1927), Japanese painter of the Meiji period.

Traditional Japanese Art Print on Pittoresko, Etsy Shop.

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