max theodore’s Reviews > The Greek Trilogy of Luis Alfaro: Electricidad; Oedipus El Rey; Mojada > Status Update

"OEDIPUS: I'm just saying that for some people, God is a stick you use to beat yourself up with."

(electra's grandmother, about her) "she's got like a rabies, i think"

"In Alfaro's plays, [destiny] is no longer an impersonal cosmic force but rather becomes a set of concrete political and societal circumstances. Alfaro effectively recasts the gods--which might be seen as the least relevant element of ancient Greek tragedy for today's audiences--into the capitalist and racist human institutions which oppress these communities."