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There Will Be More and More of Them

Summary/Abstract: A review of the play Black Battles with Dogs by Bernard-Marie Koltès, directed by Michael Thalheimer at Théâtre de la Colline in Paris (premiere: 22 May 2010). Olkusz precisely describes the play, and then draws attention to the intercultural context of the staging of the drama, which is often seen – in spite of the author’s declarations to the contrary – as a text about neo-colonialism, prepared now in France by a German director. In Olkusz’s view, “The director does not tell a story that allows one to draw the conclusion that ‘culture should be respected’; he inserts the viewers in the oppressive world of Black Battles with Dogs, and simultaneously shares his helplessness in the face of this social problem.”

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