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A review by goosemixtapes
Oresteia by Aeschylus
5.0
The war came home. This is what he did: this is the war that put food on our table. This is how it looks. What did you think was inside that word? You know this is what happens, what it looks like, this is the human animal panicking as the cord is cut--and you can look away but he did this thing, in your name, to our enemies, and he did it to our daughter, did this to her, set the thing in motion, and now just is the balance of our act.
the way this contains and expands on every single motif from the original oresteia while also being even more strikingly antiwar. the way this is such a vivid blotchy confusing feverish depiction of mental illness and trauma and grief. the fact that this is the source text of "This was always going to happen. She's been dead since the beginning." the ENDING. if you are an oresteia fan and you haven't read this i'm fucking begging you to read this right the fuck now. if you aren't an oresteia fan get well soon
the way this contains and expands on every single motif from the original oresteia while also being even more strikingly antiwar. the way this is such a vivid blotchy confusing feverish depiction of mental illness and trauma and grief. the fact that this is the source text of "This was always going to happen. She's been dead since the beginning." the ENDING. if you are an oresteia fan and you haven't read this i'm fucking begging you to read this right the fuck now. if you aren't an oresteia fan get well soon