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audra trower williams
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posted 12 November 2004 05:12 PM

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"Punctuality is my feminism," Lt. Emma Stein cooly declares in the first moments of "Pugilist Specialist."
Her voice is halting, rigid and almost startled, moving at a speedy pace. Stein is recovering from a scandal that is never fully explained. It is clear, however, that she wants to shake her reputation.
Stein's (Stephanie Viola) quest for recognition beyond her gender is at the center of "Pugilist Specialist," a drama about women in the army that ultimately reaches for a more complex and probing portrait of the military.
Winner of numerous awards in the Edinburgh Fringe Festival, "Pugilist Specialist" examines the mind and the interactions of a group of Marines who are sent on a covert mission to assassinate a powerful leader in an unnamed Middle Eastern country.

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skdadl
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posted 12 November 2004 10:17 PM

audra, what can I tell ya?

I'll meet you in Edinburgh next August. You'll love the festival. They do stuff like this.

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audra trower williams
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posted 12 November 2004 10:55 PM

Yeah, but is there any Optative Theatre?

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Hinterland
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posted 12 November 2004 10:58 PM

Speaking of optative theatre, you know what? I miss the before-last PA.

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audra trower williams
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posted 12 November 2004 11:01 PM

Oh can we please not talk about this in the feminism forum? Forget I said anything about Optative Theatre.

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skdadl
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posted 12 November 2004 11:09 PM

Hee. I think.

babble is beginning to make me nervous.

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audra trower williams
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posted 13 November 2004 12:39 AM

Oh, I was asking as a human, not commanding it as a moderator. Don't worry.

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Scott Piatkowski
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posted 14 November 2004 12:21 AM

Moderators are human?!

You seem to be very busy starting threads, Audra. Aren't the threads that the rest of us start interesting enough?

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audra trower williams
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posted 14 November 2004 12:26 AM

skdadl was feeling blue about this forum, and when something is wrong with my skdadl, something is wrong with me.

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