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Horny Greeks make peace
From: The Village Voice
Date: 19991102
Author:Russo, Francine
Men Without Women
HORNY GREEKS MAKE PEACE LYSISTRATA
By Aristophanes Harlem School of the Arts 645 St. Nicholas Avenue, 539-8828
No penis envy here. Only painfully engorged phalluses in the Classical Theatre of Harlem's raunchy take on Aristophanes's Lysistrata, the tale of the Greek women who put an end to war by denying their men sex Directed by Alfred Preisser in a '90s pan-African American adaptation, the comedy is as broad as the you-know-whats are high. The women price around as vain and silly sluts, corralled by the regal Lysistrata into thrusting out but withholding their ample ...
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