C’est la première fois de ma vie que je vois un fleuve de sang sous mes yeux… Et pourtant, on continue à scroll comme si ce génocide était devenu légitime
went to watch it with my mum from a high up corner seat where the edge of the stage where orpheus stopped was JUST barely cut off, and as she sunk into the ground my mum went ‘did he jsut turn around??? Bitch’
Hadestown is awesome bc they know you know they know you know Orpheus will look back at the end so they hit you sideways with the metacommentary on the cyclical nature of myth and theatre performance, endlessly repeated and reinterpreted and retold. Just to keep you on your toes.