The Vagina Monologues takes message to Pakistan

The Globe and Mail ^ | March 17, 2003 | Victorian Burnett

[Lorianne]

ISLAMABAD -- From Manhattan to Mexico City, it has raised eyebrows and challenged perceptions of a part of the female anatomy that in most societies remains taboo. But The Vagina Monologues opened a new frontier over the weekend in its mission to spread its message of sexual liberation and women's rights.

[annyokie]

Broadway and all things thespian lost me with that play a few years back that portrayed Jesus as queer (I disremember the title.) Give me more Frank Capra movies. Smarmy, but sincere.

[SouthernFreebird]

Ewwwwwww .....nasty. lol

[Longshanks]

Wonderful timing. This realy eggs on the terrorists.

[eyespysomething]

In light of these people, they should be neither seen nor heard

[try phecta tom]

yeah, and who cares what people in virginia think?

[Lunatic Fringe]

"Having these Pakistani women talking about vibrators -- that's what it's all about."

Yeah, isn't it great?

[MadIvan]

This play was a box office failure in London, in spite of left wing reviewers falling all over themselves to praise it. Exporting this to Pakistan is a bad idea.

Regards, Ivan

[eyespysomething]

What's next, "The Penis Chronicles"

are you crazy? That would be sexist and demeaning to women.

[Carolinamom]

IMO This play is a bad idea ANYwhere.

[RooRoobird14]

The same Leftist intelligentsia who export cultural cr@p like "The Vagina Monologues" to other countries also wonders out loud "Why do they hate us?" Unbelievable.

[45Auto]

"Having these Pakistani women talking about vibrators -- that's what it's all about."

No, its about money. What morons. In a country with a dismal record on human rights in which women are treated much as they were in the 12th century, such a statement seems wholely out of place and really out of touch with reality. I notice the so-called "performance" was done in secret with a very select audience with very tight security. If its really about getting Pakistani women to "talk about vibrators", why not put it on in the biggest theater in Pakistan? Its because it would incite the populace to major violence and the actors' lives would be in jeopardy. Like most of the left, these people are cowards.

[Salman]

Here's the answer to the Lefties question: "Why do they hate us?"

Partly true. It's a major reason why they hate us a bit more than infidels in general (doesn't explain why they hate Christians in Sudan, for instance).

What is so ironic is that the Hollywood types position themselves as buddies of the jehadis. They are what the jehadis hate the most. Hate them more than Bill Gates, Coca Cola, SUVs, our president, or even MacDonald's.

[2rightsleftcoast]

What a bunch of PC cowards the leftists are.

[Salman]

"Having these Pakistani women talking about vibrators -- that's what it's all about."
Yeah, isn't it great?

< schtik accent=pak >
Ya Allah! What is this thing you call vibrator?
I can do the same thing with my hands, but they will lop them off if I try.
It is a good thing this vibrator. It will save my hands.
< /schtik >

[Lorianne]

Exactly. Your points are nail on head.

[johnb838]

They should be beheaded (or stoned). By God they would deserve it a lot more than poor Daniel Pearl did, although he too was sticking his nose where it didn't belong.

[Lorianne]

I agree, I can't imagine it could do anything but HURT the cause of women's rights in such a country. What morons.

[The Great RJ]

I can't wait for this play to open in Tehran or Saudi Arabia. </sarcasm>

[BornOnTheFourth]

What's next, "The Penis Chronicles"

What, you mean you missed "Puppetry of the Penis"? No joke--it was playing at a theater around the corner from my office.

[First_Salute]

Standing in the path of a bulldozer.