![]() ![]() When the illusion of consent and cooperation is finally dropped and he is left sans rabbit and sans a few other things, it's the first time you feel the weight of the regime. At first, there's so much talk of a "mutually beneficial agreement", but of course that's not the case at all. The beginning of the play, which starts off so gently and charmingly you sort of forget a volatile, cruel force is involved, concerns a German farmer making a transaction with a North Korean official to sell his rabbits. The play, by Kit Brookman, is based on that one time a German farmer grew "monster" rabbits and sent them to North Korea to be part of a breeding program to feed the country, only they might have just been eaten by the Dear Leader for his birthday. ![]() Two nights ago I was at the world premiere of A Rabbit for Kim Jong-Il for the Griffin Theatre Company here in Sydney, which champions Australian writing. \n\nSpeaking of consent, let's come at it from another angle. Nicole, you're not the only one sending this in their pyjamas - I'm sitting in my bed upstairs from a bustling little "mums and bubs" cafe, which usually generates too much noise for me to sleep too late, but maybe all the little ones are sleeping late this morning too. It's strange for me to come so late to this email chain when I'm closest to Jane in terms of time zones (they're almost the same!) but it's been a long week, and this little critic went to bed early after failing to stay up late to read. ![]()
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