Orlando Cancelled

“History doesn’t repeat itself, but it does often rhymes” is attributed to Mark Twain. This was my first thought when I heard the news that a recently elected far right municipal government in Spain decided to cancel a play based in Virginia Woolf’s Orlando for its homosexual content.

It’s funny that the motto of said party for the upcoming July general election is “Freedom” (I kid you not). I don’t mind what the party says or defend. My worry is that an estimated 20% of people in Spain might be voting for them. This shows a worrying turn in a society that does not look too different to that of Spain or Europe in the early 30s.

Add to it the pressure we are all going to feel from Climate Change or AI, and we have ALL the 80s apocalyptic movies being played at the same time in front of our very eyes.

Please just come to your senses and leave Virginia Woolf in peace.