tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3687126331165144121.post2291221846541949910..comments2009-03-29T20:34:54.482-07:00Comments on American Conservatory Theater Blog: Slags, Hogs, and Homer: This Word, I Do Not Think ...American Conservatory Theaterhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12932775320099614601info@act-sf.orgBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3687126331165144121.post-26163185317740706652009-03-29T20:34:00.000-07:002009-03-29T20:34:00.000-07:00I really like ACT. I hate "War Music." The first...I really like ACT. I hate "War Music." The first word of the Iliad is "ΜΕΝΙΝ," which does not have a single direct translation to English. It is often translated as "anger," "wrath," "fury," and the like. It means super-human, excruciating, black-blooded anger. That's what defined Achilles, and that's what the Iliad is about. The Achilles in "War Music" is not angry. He's at times self-righteous, then sad. Then petulent. Then sad. Then determined. No anger, let alone "MENIN" in this Achilles.<BR/><BR/>This is a well-acted, funny, well-presented horrible story.Mark Travishttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06890301060833363652noreply@blogger.com