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              Olors, at the Teatre Nacional de 
                Catalunya is an interesting play. The staging is striking and 
                a group of actors manage to put on a commendable performance 
                
                  
                effectively on stage. 
              In my opinion the best performance is that 
                of the elderly granny who, though apparently as deaf as a post, 
                
                  
                and has the wittiest and most endearing lines. Her part introduces 
                a new element to the play and her humorous lines are among the 
                best ones. 
              Another feature that stands out is the far 
                from happy family relationships between the characters- those 
                on stage and those alluded to off it -. Their innermost feelings 
                for each other a 
                
                 are 
                finally dragged out into the open after having stuck to hypocritical 
                social conventions for years . 
                There's the ever-present romantic element: on the one hand we 
                experience a certain bitterness and nostalgia for the loved ones 
                that have gone and, on the other, we are also faced with the chance 
                encounter and sexual attraction between two characters 
                
                  
                 
                The immigration phenomenon yet again provides the social backdrop 
                to the play. However it is annoying to see how an issue that has 
                caused such social upheaval and that should be defended by those 
                in a position of social commitment in order to oppose the implacably 
                conservative Government policies, is absorbed by official institutions, 
                
                  
                . When immigration and racist issues are dealt with by officialdom, 
                the rest of us, are left with little to do and little to protest 
                about. It is a good way of satisfying our consciences and keeping 
                us quiet .  
               
              
                
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