Thursday, March 14, 2019
The Revolution is Here and Now
HowlRound Theatre Commons: We’re at a critical point in the history of Roma movements in Europe. Day after day, we receive news of pogroms, killings, shootings, beatings, family separations, school segregations, rapes, and homophobic violence against our people all across the continent. The response from some Roma artists and writers is anger.
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To be entirely honest, this article is talking about issues and movements that I truly had no idea were going on, and part of that speaks to my privilege of not having to deal with the issues that are being talked about and another part is because Romani culture is something that in the United States I personally have never been exposed to (though I see parallels with the treatment of the Romani people in Europe and other minority groups in the United States). But with that being said, after reading this article in it’s entirety, I am inspired by the work that is being done in Roma Theatre that is highlighting the injustices and the issues that are being faced by the Roma in Europe. Roma Armee looks like a powerful piece of theatre that is able to bring to the forefront of people’s mind that there is more to the Roma than the stereotypes and allowing people to view gender, sexuality, and class in a different light. It is so important that these stories come to light and I hope that this does truly pave a way for change and deconstruct the oppression that has been built up over years and years of toxic preconceptions, stereotypes, and behavior.
Not only is this piece shedding light on the plight of peoples so much of the world does not understand and so much of the world has forced into darkness and sealed up in stereotype, but it shows the world how to deal with the intersectionality of identities and struggles. The heartache and societal tortures of the Roma are theirs but they are also those of other groups of people, something this play is not ignoring. The play openly shows this overlap without losing their own identity and their own story. It makes it seem all the more powerful of a piece. Perhaps others can see the way this play works to turn anger into art and into power and embrace all those oppressed while standing strong in their own cultural identity and their own cultural struggles. It is a revolution for the Roma but it is a warning call for the world, they do not plan on stopping at their own city limits.
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