I'll admit that one of my secret obsessions is the musical "Evita". I've watched the movie, I have the soundtrack, and today I saw the play for the second time. I'm even guilty of serenading my roommates, much to there dismay. Going to plays is probably one of my favorite things to do, and I love musicals. I also have the soundtrack to "Wicked", but I usually refrain from belting that one out at random times. For some reason I don't have that kind of self control when it comes to "Evita". If I weren't so afraid of public humiliation I'd have found it difficult not to sing along during the play. I know some of you have got to have equally embarrassing obsessions. The videos are two of my favorite songs in the play, "Don't Cry for Me Argentina" and "A New Argentina".
Aside from my love of the songs in "Evita", the history behind it is really interesting. Eva Duarte de Peron was probably one of the biggest social climbers in history. She went from a poor girl to the first lady of Argentina by the age of 27. She was seen as both a saint and a harsh dictator during Peron's time in power. She died at age 33, and her body disappeared for 16 years. I don't know if many people know that much about her, but I think her life is fascinating.
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- Nic32
- I am a business student spending the semester studying in Sevilla, Spain
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I find the life of Eva Peron really interesting as well. We studied her a little bit in my Spanish 223 class last semester (our professor was from Argentina).
I always found it interesting that she, along with her husband, was a communistic/fascistic style dictator who drove her country deep into debt, and she was still adored and almost worshipped by her people. She did build a lot of houses for the poor and give a lot of rights to women and workers, which just made all of the middle and upper class people hate her.
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