Hello!

I wanted to ask what your opinion would be on including Sarah Kane's plays in schools? More specifically in secondary education (ages 16-18). If you think it could be done, what are some considerations you can immediately think of that might be important to make?

I am myself a teacher student at the moment and have an avid interest in Sarah Kane (and In-Yer-Face theatre) and I'm curious if it would be possible since her plays do concern some very deep issues!

I find it a bit odd that there are articles ranking actresses based on their nudity in movies. It can feel like a way to objectify these actresses, especially when the focus is on those who have made a career out of it. However, I do appreciate when articles recognize the actors and actresses who have chosen to do nude scenes https://nuderole.com/video/fanny-targioni-tozzetti-nude-leopardi-2014/ and the agency they have in their decisions. It's important to remember that nudity on screen can be meaningful and serve the story, but it's also crucial to question why it's included and whether it's truly necessary or just for shock value. At the end of the day, it's about respecting the choices of the actors and actresses while also being critical of the industry's motivations.

The wikipedia article on The Music Lovers list various negative reviews.  One is quoted
"vulgar, excessive, melodramatic and self-indulgent . . ."

The "..." cuts out the words "Tchaikovsky's music is indeed all of these things, yet gloriously so, and the same goes for Ken Russell at his freewheeling best"

The full text is "vulgar, excessive, melodramatic and self-indulgent: Tchaikovsky's music is indeed all of these things, yet gloriously so, and the same goes for Ken Russell at his freewheeling best. The director's first composer biopic for the cinema approaches Tchaikovsky's scores as the expression of extreme emotional turmoil. The drama is at fever pitch throughout, from Peter's disturbing recollections of his mother's painful demise, through fear of exposure of his homosexuality to his misguided cover marriage to social-climbing Antonina Milyukova. Chamberlain doesn't quite have the range required in the central role, though his keyboard skills are impressive, even if it's soloist Rafael Orozco we hear on the soundtrack, while Glenda Jackson is at her most physically committed as the ill-fated Antonina. The whirling camera, mercurial cutting and fantasy interludes capture the music's heady mood swings. It's not subtle, but it is all of a piece" (TJ, Time Out, 10 September 2012, click here).

This is shoddy misrepresentation of the review by TJ, of Tchaikovsky and of Ken Russell.

The Wikipedia article is here
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Music_Lovers#Reception
accessed 3 May 2023

The genuine review is here
https://www.timeout.com/movies/the-music-lovers
accessed 3 May 2023

A major update to Ken Russell's television film on the Czech composer Martinu.  "The Mystery of Dr. Martinu subtitled A Revelation by Ken Russell from 1993.  This is Freud meets Buñuel´s Een Chien Andalou meets Hitchcock (Spellbound and Vertigo)".

Click here (bottom of the page)
http://www.iainfisher.com/russell/ken-russell-tv-secret-lives.html

Weathervane Productions presents The Road to Mecca at Z Below from 4- 30 Jun 2023.
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http://www.iainfisher.com/fugard/fugard-news.html