Viking_Yearbook_93

R owena Stone finds her life destroyed. Facing the Judge, she has no defense against her charge, a charge of murder. A dinner discussion with friends exposed the prevailing attitudes of the men in the group, including her husband, toward women. They typically belittled and objectified women, evidenced in the jokes they told and their reactions to the jokes. What is it that makes the men behave as they do? What is the common denominator in their experience? Where is the logic in assuming that half of the population is subordinate because of gender? Rowena investigates pornographic publications. She attends pornographic movies. She becomes obsessed with the effects of pornography on the attitudes of men, and a perception of female objectification. Ultimately she reacts with violence to the presence of a man, a stranger. It is not so much that he physically intimidates her, or acts aggressively toward her, but she is caught in feelings implanted by a pornographic film she has viewed. Masterpieces, by Sarah Daniels, is a seldom produced piece. It is a strong attack on pornography and the sex industry. Is the nerve that it touches raw? Is the pill it serves too bitter? The theater department rightly challenged our attitudes, it pushed and pulled the patrons through the season of 1992-93.0 S t o r y f c > y R i c h a i r c l K L u o n