DCist: On H Street, Purgatory's The Place To Be

mdove11

Tue, 22 Apr 2008 11:10:03 -0500

Hey guys-- I worked on the production and wanted to share the link to the company's blog where there's lots of this type discussion about the topics from the show: http://forumtheatre.wordpress.com/ Come over and give your 2 cents~

sweth

Tue, 22 Apr 2008 10:48:35 -0500

A demiurge is a creator diety; the "demi-" prefix makes some people think that it's more of a demigod, but the word originally came from the Greek for "people worker", with the "demi" being equivalent to the "demo" in democracy. (One could argue based on the roots that a closer translation of demiurge would be "civil servant", which might explain the connection between purgatory and the DMV.) I'm intrigued by this quasiurge of which you speak. Google thinks that it must be a misspelling of an Aquasurge 3000 waterfall pump.

Bethesdaist

Mon, 21 Apr 2008 16:34:34 -0500

What's a demiurge? Is is like a quasiurge? My parents should have sent me to Sunday School.

TheInsomniac

Mon, 21 Apr 2008 15:12:52 -0500

It really is an amazingl production.

IMGoph

Mon, 21 Apr 2008 14:33:08 -0500

seriously, go see the play though. it's really well done, and maggie glauber's mother teresa is teriffic

monkeyrotica

Mon, 21 Apr 2008 13:21:30 -0500

I say if you come to town talking peace, love, and understanding, you deserves to get nailed to a tree. Straight UP.

Disco Stu

Mon, 21 Apr 2008 13:01:33 -0500

True, can't git resurrected without first gittin' kilt. Whoa, whoa, ME. Christ isn't the demiurge, that's the Lord. Many gnostics see the Christ as the one who lets humans interact with their true divine nature rather than the fallen/created mess left by the demiurge.

monkeyrotica

Mon, 21 Apr 2008 11:39:00 -0500

According to a few of the gnostic gospels and apocryphal texts that the Council of Nicea did not include in the offical biblical canon (The Gospel According to Mary Magdalene, etc), Judas was either nonexistent or was indeed the good guy to Christ's evil demiurge/scapegoat. So of all the texts floating around, the four gospels we have today are the least contradictory. Or, the least entertaining, depending on your perspective.

Hillman

Mon, 21 Apr 2008 11:27:08 -0500

If you believe in the theory that God planned the entire Jesus crucifixion thing, then really Judas was played for the sucker big time, through no fault of his own. Sucks to be the pre-ordained fall guy in some cosmic scheme you aren't privy too, doesn't it?