2011 UBU AWARD for Best New Italian Play/Dramaturgical Research
Nomination for the 2011 UBU Awards for Performance of the Year
Today, death does not exist. We don’t talk about it. We don’t confront it, nor do we mention it. It is a taboo.
Death is concealed, hidden. We consider it something that is not part of life.
The Catholic Church bears some responsibility, but our way of life and lifestyle perfectly align with the desire to push the issue aside. The moment we find ourselves face-to-face with death, our fears resurface with devastating force. Common sense is of no use anymore. It’s not enough to know that life has a cycle, that our parents grow old, or that we might get sick. Nor is the consoling vision that religion offers us enough. Death remains just that: a dark specter of which we are infinitely afraid—in an extremely tragic way, and in an extremely comic way.
Today, growing old or falling ill is simply not allowed. The myth of eternal youth is rampant. We are transforming into a world like that of *Dorian Gray*. The elderly and the sick live separated from the rest of the population. The weak, the burdensome, or the dangerous have a designated place to stay. Even the dead, by definition, live separated from the living. We are aware that this has not always been the case, but for us today, it is a fact of life.
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