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WedNEsdAy, FebRUARy 15, 2002
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Students say bravo to ’Frida’
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Last Wednesday, Clackamas
hosted "Frida: un Retablo,” a
Spanish play based on a sorrow
ful heroine (Frida Kahlo) whose
obsession with death provided
her with an unquenchable thirst
for life, which packed the house
with over 200 people at both per
formances combined.
The play was open to every
one. Irma Bjerre, CCC Spanish
instructor, encouraged her stu
dents to see the play. “I really
think that providing the students
with those types of opportuni
ties makes them feel an apprecia
tion for the Spanish language
and culture,” said Bjerre.
Students who attended the
play on Wednesday expressed
their feelings. Carrie Bailey said,
“Frida was very interesting. Her
life was very sad, but she took'
the best of everything. Her
paintings were pretty and very
moving.”
“ ‘ I really enjoyed the play on
Wednesday,” said Rebecca Neal.
“I think the actors did a great job.
I admire the work of Frida Kahlo.
I believe it is very vivid and
shows suffering and emotions.
They are painted ingeniously
and are very original. The ma
jority of the people are incapable
of doing something like that, but
she is able to show her pain as
something big in an ironic man
ner.”
Tila Jimenez, student, added,
“I was enchanted by the play
'Frida*. It was very interesting
how they presented the three ac
tresses, the different aspects of
the life of Frita Kahlo. She had a
very sad life and she died very
young.”
Student Roy Schear summa
rized his feelings for the play in a
poetic manner:
It was a life of suffering.
It was a life of Beauty.
It was a life of feelings.
It was a life of hope.
It was Frida Kahlo.
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MIKE POLLOCK I Clackamas Print
Above: Frida Kahlo (Ina
Strauss) meets Diego Rivera
(Omar Vargas) who would
later become her husband
and Inspire her art A young
Frida (Maya Linda Malan-
Gonzalez) acts as a
conscience to remind Frida
of her past.
Left: Frida gives birth to a
still-born child, one of the
many experiences that
shaped her life and art.
Left: After
some
persuasion,
Frida weds
Diego, an older
mural painter,
then together
they move
from their
home In
Mexico to
New York.
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