Posted on 10/16/2003 12:16:15 AM PDT by JohnHuang2
NEW YORK CITY. — The buzz among the oh-so-hip in Gotham is about a new play called "Omnium Gatherum," translated with ironic understatement to mean "a collection of peculiar souls." An assorted group of fashionable men and women gather at a chic dinner party to discuss the latest "ins" and "outs," "ups" and "downs," rites and wrongs in the post-September 11 world. The characters are the smug and arrogant elite who care more about what they say than what they hear.
Imaginea Martha Stewart-like figure as hostess for a party of ideologues where isms are tossed about like the different lettuces in an organic salad — Marxism, capitalism, feminism, sexism, terrorism. Many of the characters are based on real-life celebrity intellectuals, but the food for the tummy is more important than food for thought. The hostess takes the cake, literally. "I'm aware of my wealth," she says. "I used to be middle-class. I know how that feels."
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