butoh dancers-turned-actors

[Mark Nornes]

On Apr 27, 2007, at 10:53 AM, Bruce Baird wrote:

> there being a vast tendency to turn Hijikata into something  
> mystical and separated from his time

Time is what it's all about, as hinted by the title of the film. But  
mystical, I don't think so. Insanity, yes. The film, and that story  
in particular, are ultimately grounded in material practices and  
local identities. There are religious aspects to Ogawa Pro's take on  
village life, but this is part of village reality and not simply a  
"take." And I don't think you could call them mystical.

> rather than see him as part of an international urban-inflected  
> avant-garde practice

Posers, all of them. And Ogawa was the King of Posers.

Markus
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