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The Anonymous fashion and its ‘merchandise’ in New York

Mónica Boixeda New Yorker, Only-Be

We´re all aware of what´s going on in New York these days and the great efforts of the Occupy Wall Street movement to stop the huge machine which is feeding the economic recession and which is pushing us towards the economic abyss. Day to day, thanks to the social networks, we´re aware of everything which is going on on a global level regarding activism and political actions of thousands of young people, students, unemployed and activists. The benefits of the social networks have permitted that a very simple idea like pacific protesting spreads throughout the globe and that people wake up to new ways of communication and action. However, on the social networks there´s a trap to which people are just reacting to: the discomfort of anonymity and consumerism through itself. Now there are websites on the internet that offer Anonymous products. Mainly T-shirts with the slogans of the anonymous group of activists, the logos created by them and the phrases which refer to the group. So what´s the problem with this? Simple. A proposal that at first sight was marginal and against the system is being absorbed by the system in a much more accelerated way. We have to pay attention to the information that´s being handled on the social networks. Not everything that´s being posted or tweeted is necessarily true. This makes the the configuration of truth goes through us and the level of fiction of the news is manipulated even more. In the case of the Anonymous ´merchandise´, we just have to turn our back on these type of operations for wanting to profit from the... read more

Musicals in Madrid

Mónica Boixeda Madrilenian, Only-Be

Although it is often a easy target, for a certain sector of both music snobs and the, supposedly serious drama, the truth is that musicals have a hardly negligible power of fascination for anyone who has overcome their prejudices and have been fortunate attend one of the good ones. But regardless of the quality of production, musicals are from more than one point of view a phenomenon that represents some of the most essential features and attractive performing arts, beginning with the principle of suspension of disbelief. Everything that happens in a musical, no matter how crazy or unrealistic it may be, is accepted by the public without protest and without scandal as far as concerns credibility under one of the oldest of dramatic conventions, which opens up an amazing range of possibilities for illusion and play that is highly attractive for both the spectators and theater artists. Add to this, the spectacular media advertising that often accompanies this type of performances, often -related to sensitivity in the ways contemporary artists of our time, we can state without hesitation that the contemplation of a good music can be comparable in intensity, depth and emotion to any other theatrical event, however dressed in high culture it comes. For at least a decade, the Madrid’s Gran Via has been strongly committed to star musicals in its chimerical intention to compete someday with the quality and variety of London´s West End. Certainly, the urban setting could hardly be more propitious. Among the musicals that tourists will be able to see in January, the recreation in the Teatro Lope de Vega (Gran Vía,... read more