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...sentimental at heart, Marguerite frequently spends the money she collects in extreme acts of charity. And because she is afflicted with tuberculosis she also suffers a steadily weakening physical condition. Both of these characteristics, along with her "profession," give rise to her general philosophy of life: Have fun, laugh at yourself, and don't become too attached. After all, love becomes complicated when we are not sure if we'll be here tomorrow...
What are the Biospherians not talking about? Sex. The crew deflect questions about what went on in their private quarters after dark, although a source close to them confides that there were romances before they went in. The crew often laugh about what outsiders must think of these eight unmarried folks living together under one roof, however large. (In one inside joke, As the World Turns becomes As the Biosphere Recycles.) But it is also apparent that interpersonal relations were tricky enough without unnecessary complications. "I can't say we were all angels in there," confesses co-founder Mark Nelson...
...control. Even Peer Contraceptive Counselors, who spend a great deal of their time trying to get tittering first-years to talk about sex frankly, give us a nudge and a wink as they proclaim, "We're there for you when things get hard." Beavis and Butt-head might laugh at this...
...have another laugh at the expense of the University of Pennsylvania. Or a cry, depending on how seriously you take these things...
Finley doesn't really ever want, or let, the audience laugh with her; we are meant to be uneasy, our laughter always self-conscious, her pain pointedly indigestible. Her predilection for the strangely dramatic keeps us even more off-balance. In front of three slide projectors projecting white light with no pictures, Finley strides onstage wearing only black mules, her posture, tone and demeanor daring us to make her into a sex object. We can't because she won't allow us to, her voice stronger than our gaze, conquering and shaming her would-be voyeurs. She puts...