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Heddatron (Ibsen enters the 21st century)
http://www.lesfreres.org/heddatron/main_site.htm ^

Posted on 02/22/2006 8:36:58 PM PST by Do not dub me shapka broham

Les Freres finally transforms Ibsen's classic into something well-made.

A robot. Half a dozen of them. Live onstage.

Les Freres Corbusier continues its irreverent massacre of historical icons and academic esoterica by taking on famed playwright Henrik Ibsen, the well-made play, and contemporary issues in robotics.

(Excerpt) Read more at lesfreres.org ...


TOPICS: Books/Literature
KEYWORDS: ibsen; robots; theater
Thought this might interest fans of literary realism, theater-goers, those who admire avante-garde-but humorous-art-and just anyone who likes those threads that make you scratch your head and go "WTF???"

-good times, G.J.P. (Jr.)

1 posted on 02/22/2006 8:37:00 PM PST by Do not dub me shapka broham
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To: Slings and Arrows
The future is now.

Charles S. Dutton, beware!!!

2 posted on 02/22/2006 8:45:44 PM PST by Do not dub me shapka broham ("The moment that someone wants to forbid caricatures, that is the moment we publish them.")
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To: Do not dub me shapka broham

*scratches head*


3 posted on 02/22/2006 9:23:15 PM PST by tuliptree76
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To: Do not dub me shapka broham

geesh!

tell ya what, tho... wouldn't mind seeing that damned "nutcracker suite" ballet as performed by those japanese dancing Asimo(?) robots

that'd be *hillarious*


4 posted on 02/22/2006 9:28:36 PM PST by King Prout (many accuse me of being overly literal... this would not be a problem if many were not under-precise)
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To: King Prout
+=Drama
5 posted on 02/23/2006 6:34:45 AM PST by Do not dub me shapka broham ("The moment that someone wants to forbid caricatures, that is the moment we publish them.")
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To: King Prout

http://asimo.honda.com/


6 posted on 02/23/2006 6:43:17 AM PST by Do not dub me shapka broham ("The moment that someone wants to forbid caricatures, that is the moment we publish them.")
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To: Do not dub me shapka broham

"Asimo Boogies With Ellen DeGeneris"

damn... I knew that droid looked a little light on its non-skid traction pads


7 posted on 02/23/2006 10:10:11 AM PST by King Prout (many accuse me of being overly literal... this would not be a problem if many were not under-precise)
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To: Do not dub me shapka broham; Chode

(having cast that barb, I now forsee an illo of Gus shall inevitably appear)


8 posted on 02/23/2006 10:13:56 AM PST by King Prout (many accuse me of being overly literal... this would not be a problem if many were not under-precise)
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To: King Prout

ROTF!


9 posted on 02/23/2006 10:46:26 AM PST by stephenjohnbanker
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To: Do not dub me shapka broham

"The future is now.
Charles S. Dutton, beware!!!"

R O T F L M A O


10 posted on 02/23/2006 11:43:58 AM PST by stephenjohnbanker
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To: King Prout
well excuse me...

11 posted on 02/23/2006 3:09:19 PM PST by Chode (American Hedonist ©®)
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To: Chode
This role calls for some well-practiced, Shakespearean thespians:


12 posted on 02/23/2006 7:58:45 PM PST by Do not dub me shapka broham ("The moment that someone wants to forbid caricatures, that is the moment we publish them.")
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To: Do not dub me shapka broham
Image hosted by Photobucket.com hey... don't you go getting no weird ideas on Gus now you old Queen you.
13 posted on 02/23/2006 8:52:24 PM PST by Chode (American Hedonist ©®)
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To: Chode
LOL.

I always wondered how people got those signature graphics-signifiers-into their comments.

How does that work anyway?

14 posted on 02/23/2006 9:03:56 PM PST by Do not dub me shapka broham ("The moment that someone wants to forbid caricatures, that is the moment we publish them.")
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