| Abstrakt: |
After establishing meta-performance as the film's main formal device, the essay shows how, in Alejandro Jodorowsky's film The Dance of Reality (La danza de la real-idad, Chile, 2013), the Jewish protagonists' various attempts at assimilating into Chilean society fail. Whether major characters try to negate their ethnic identity or forget their Jewish roots (forcefully or accidentally), their fellow countrymen still do not accept them as Chilean nationals-even when an effort at assimilation becomes a sacrificial altruistic initiative. This reiteration occurring throughout the film involves, each time, a meta-performative act. In addition, I show that (in terms of content) the meta-performative acts found in this movie are meant to trigger some form of empathy among the audience, especially when the main characters must react against anti-Semitic stances. In terms of form, I also explain that these instances of meta-performance represent examples of simulacra (as defined by Jean Baudrillard) from which no original source/origin can be extracted. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR] |
