http://crookedtimber.org/2003/12/28/sixty-years-in-two-hours/ Out of the crooked timber of humanity, no straight thing was ever made Sun, 08 Nov 2009 08:39:38 -0800 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.5 hourly 1 http://crookedtimber.org/2003/12/28/sixty-years-in-two-hours/comment-page-1/#comment-12142 Danny Tue, 30 Dec 2003 17:05:53 +0000 http://crookedtimber.org/wp/?p=817#comment-12142 I don't think I like that play - sounds a bit like Forrest Gump - reinforcing existing stereotypes of the past, while adding a few mindless "pop culture" references. Sorry. I don’t think I like that play – sounds a bit like Forrest Gump – reinforcing existing stereotypes of the past, while adding a few mindless “pop culture” references. Sorry.

]]> http://crookedtimber.org/2003/12/28/sixty-years-in-two-hours/comment-page-1/#comment-12141 Doug Mon, 29 Dec 2003 09:20:44 +0000 http://crookedtimber.org/wp/?p=817#comment-12141 Yes, Jacob. Even when I lived there a decade ago, the "nem, nem soha" approach of the interwar years was long since history. The dustbin of history, if I am not mistaken. Irredentists surely exist, but they are less than marginal. (And with Slovakia entering the EU alongside Hungary in five months, Romania at least somewhat likely for 2007 and Croatia also somewhat likely for 2007, the whole idea will become even less relevant.) Yes, Jacob. Even when I lived there a decade ago, the “nem, nem soha” approach of the interwar years was long since history. The dustbin of history, if I am not mistaken. Irredentists surely exist, but they are less than marginal. (And with Slovakia entering the EU alongside Hungary in five months, Romania at least somewhat likely for 2007 and Croatia also somewhat likely for 2007, the whole idea will become even less relevant.)

]]> http://crookedtimber.org/2003/12/28/sixty-years-in-two-hours/comment-page-1/#comment-12140 jacob Mon, 29 Dec 2003 05:33:16 +0000 http://crookedtimber.org/wp/?p=817#comment-12140 That seems like an interesting time--and way--to start a play about Hungarian history. I know only the basics of Hungarian history, but I'd have thought that one would start with World War I, or Trianon at least--and that the start wouldn't be happy dancing, but more like a third(?) of the population being put by the Allies in other states. Is this play indicative of a trend that traditional anger over Trianon is ending? That seems like an interesting time—and way—to start a play about Hungarian history. I know only the basics of Hungarian history, but I’d have thought that one would start with World War I, or Trianon at least—and that the start wouldn’t be happy dancing, but more like a third(?) of the population being put by the Allies in other states. Is this play indicative of a trend that traditional anger over Trianon is ending?

]]>