Art of Seduction
It’s a foregone conclusion that no matter how young, how beautiful, how alive one may be, death can come at any time.
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Watching Matthew Bourne's reworked version of the “star-cross'd lovers,” I was briefly reminded of Veronica, played by Winona Ryder, in the dark 1988 comedy by Daniel Waters and Michael Lehmann, Heathers, and her line, “my teen angst bullshit has a body count.” Yes, this is the darker side of Bourne's repertoire, and it pulls no punches.
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It’s a foregone conclusion that no matter how young, how beautiful, how alive one may be, death can come at any time.
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