Hornswaggled

So I sit down to read this article about Peter Brook and think, 'ah, some nice Shakespeare to compliment this play I am in".

The Mahabharata turns out to be the oldest and longest story that exists addressing the human experience. The Mahabharata is initially lost to me in the first article on line. The specific story description and stage direction are boring and lost on me as I am not in that time and space and cannot experience the author's experience.
The second article though gave insight to what the playwright Carriere was thinking. His view that the Mahabharata is actually the 'great story of humanity' and that the message is 'we live in a time of destruction, but can this destruction be prevented' is clear. When I read this it touched me and drew out an interest to rent the film mentioned in the articles.
The process of creating the script seemed very Utopian to me. The author wrote that the collaborative effort allowed for actors to argue for their characters within the story and that often the story was altered because either the writing or acting didn't work. Their was no insinuation of fault from either party hinted in the reading.