‘Messing with Minds’ uses shock tactics to warn Cairo audience of US occup

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CAIRO - Socialist theatre director Khaled Elsawy believes in shock tactics to convey his alarmist message to a steady stream of Cairo audiences.

US Marines, actors armed with wooden assault rifles, storm into the theatre cafe even before the audience has taken its seats, harassing, searching and intimidating them to set the mood for a performance meant to raise the spectre of American occupation.

Elsawy’s agitprop production, “Messing with Minds”, is now in its third month at a small stage in the grounds of the Cairo Opera House, ironically itself a symbol of Washington’s failure to make Egyptians appreciate billions of dollars in US aid.

Overtly political theatre is unusual in Egypt, especially when the characters include US President George W. Bush and General Tommy Fox, the semi-fictional military ruler of Iraq...{{link http://www.khaleejtimes.com/DisplayArticle.asp?xfile=data/todaysfeatures/2004/April/todaysfeatures_April7.xml§ion=todaysfeatures/

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