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Ash'Shakhs/ The Person (Piccadilly/Damascus 1968) Quick notes (contains plot spoilers): The Rahbani Brothers take on how decades of oppression have resulted in a dysfunctional chain of command where any officer can rule with injustice. But that's just part of the idea behind the play. There is also a satirical view on how the people in governmental positions are perceived, feared and hated. In this situation it results in getting an innocent tomatoes seller arrested and accused for the assumption of disturbing Ash'Shaks which literally means 'The Person' but is a symbol that can be attributed for someone like a president, a minister or a mayor. It ends when the tomatoes seller meets this person. He tells her about the emptiness in his life and how he wants to quit his office and enjoy the simple life of the common man, but how that is impossible to do because his office grew on him. The person promises her to fix what his officers did by giving her back the confiscated tomato cart and by opening the closed down town's square. The tomato seller leaves realizing that his problem is much greater than hers. Great transfer to compact discs resulting in good sound all through. The booklet however only contains the summary in Arabic and in English. Booklet Summary: |
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Album Tracks: | Fairuz with Antoine Kerbaj as Ash'Shaks |