Actress Dunya Khayame, known for Hug in The Lice Mother, has written a satirical play in which she wants to challenge the pigeonhole spirit of many people.
“It’s something you can cry about, but I like to laugh about it,” Khayame said on Thursday. NRC over The Hokje.
The play, which will be screened next month at Theater Bellevue in Amsterdam, is about the rise and fall of a criminal who gives a television interview that is completely derailed. The man, like Khayame, is of Moroccan descent and is asked questions such as ‘crime is anchored in your culture, isn’t it?’ and ‘is criticism of your parents still taboo for migrant children?’ fired at itself.
“I have heard all those statements and questions in real life. I did not make up anything,” said Khayame. “That is what the piece is about: are you who you are or are you what the rest of the world thinks you are? Can you escape the expectations that exist?”
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