Theatre Design & Technology - Spring 1994 - 19

TO SHARE OR
NOT TO SHARE ...

Exterior of the Gorki Theatre which has a staff of 200 artists
and technicians and a resident coli/pan)' of 50 actors.

Introducing
The Mehron "Mini-Pro"
Student Makeup Kit!

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Like ir or nor, rechnology is changing our conducr and our way
of rhinking. j owhere was rhar more obvious in Russia rhan in
my hosr's arrirudes abour risk and fare. Here in Sourhern
California, rhe reigning mvrholog~' rellme rhar if I ear a far-free
dier, exercise, and do nor smoke, rechnology will keep me alive
forever. If by accidenr I am injured or conracr a disabling or
faral disease, I do nor" ... n-ouble deaf Heaven wirh my boorless cries, and look upon myself and curse my fare." 5 Insread I
sue for malpracrice or seek damages. Technology is perfecr,
human error is acrionable. The Russians I mer seemed ro live
for roday. They rook risks because romorrow was uncerrain
and rhere was no available rechnology ro make rhem imagine
rhemselves immorral.
For a pipe smoker like me, Russia was paradise. I could
smoke anywhere-in airplanes, in resrauranrs, and in rhe rhean-e-wirhour raising eyebrows. Everyone else was also smoking, and drinking, and driving insanely. A good percenrage of
rhe cars in Vladivosrok were lare model used japanese auros.
(Unlike our rax laws, in japan rhey make owning an old car
prohibirive and rhe Russians buy nor-very-used cars ar a good
price.) Bur rhe japanese drive on rhe lefr and rhe Russians, like
us, drive on rhe righr. \'(then I was a from sear passenger, inches away from speeding oncoming rraffic, rhe rerm "dearh sear"
rook on new meaning. Sear belrs? The cars have rhem bur I
never saw one used.
Perhaps rhe Russian acceprance of fare also explains a pracrice I nored wirh fascinarion and some horror when we performed Romulus Linne\"s one acr play, Akhll/atova, in rhe
Gorki's 1DO-sear experimenral Srudio Thearre. This fourrh floor
room had rwo doors, one an enrrance for rhe acrors and one an
enrrance for rhe audience. Ar rhe beginning of rhe show, rhe
house manager locked rhe audience door. Lare comers could nor
ger in and, no marrer whar, rhe audience could nor ger our.
Nor surprisingh-, gi\'en our hisrories, rhe Russian \'iew of life,
dearh, healrh, ancl safery are differenr frolll ours. They have one
ser of problems, we ha\'e anorher. I was inreresred in how rheir
problems affecr rheir wrirers. Ar a meering of professors of lirerarure, I asked rhe group ro idenrih' rhe major rhemes in currenr
Russian \\Tiring. They rold me rhar wrirers are srill working rhe

here s a lot of concern today about people sharing personal products of any kind.
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ma eup instruction sheet.
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