A Pussy Riot in Asbury Park
By Tom DeSeno
A friend once told me that he snot-chuckles like a 14 year old boy whenever he hears the name of the Russian female protest collective Pussy Riot. That’s culturally understandable.
Don’t mistake though the seriousness of these women and the issues that surround them. They are making a fascinating imprint on modern politics, power and protest.
On February 24 the House of Independents, Asbury Park’s new venue that is giving that City the artistic aesthetic it always pretended to have, is presenting “A Conversation with Pussy Riot: Hosted by John Cameron Mitchell.”
To get a proper perspective of Pussy Riot, you have to realign your point of view from American to Russian when dealing with political terms. It also helps to look at what they aren’t as much as what they are.
They aren’t a band, at least not in the traditional sense. There’s music, but it’s not their focus. It’s not even good music, probably by their own intention. The music is beside the point of their varied socio-political messages.
Posted: February 15th, 2016 | Author: admin | Filed under: Asbury Park, Monmouth County News, Opinion, Tommy DeSeno | Tags: Asbury Park, Monmouth County News, Opinion, Pussy Riot, Tom DeSeno, Tommy DeSeno | Comments Off on A Pussy Riot in Asbury Park