ephemera

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 Interesting.

 https://nova.rs/kultura/odrzan-sastanak-ansambla-drame-narodnog-s-bajicem/

The first show that I saw in Belgrade on the last visit was an adaptation of Tin Drum -- I assumed that the octavo-ish leather bound things the cast was waving during the curtain call were copies of the novel.  On the contrary, they were their passports.  There were a lot of marches in the city centered around the universities (including one very large one, several hundred thousand marchers heading towards a place a half-block from my rooms -- I stayed inside that day), and at the theatres (at least the JDP and the city's national theatre), the actors would make signs of political support during the curtain calls.  The audience would sometimes join in, shouting political slogans.  

Usually, the items waved were passports -- sometimes the actual ones, as some had passports from other nations (or at least of different colors), sometimes, I could tell from the action just offstage that a stack of passports was being handed out in an ad hoc way.  (On at least one occasion, two folks had to share.)  I observed at least one conspicuous abstention from the practice, but he made a point of forcefully applauding the others.  As things progressed, the actors sometimes brought out a large placard with an RFID code.  (As I carry no cell, and the switching code masks make mental parsing too difficult, I have no idea where that semiosis led.)  

I have some notes -- might do a longer piece on that.