The authors have drawn to some extent on the Lysistrata to aid them, but have fallen as far short of the fun as of the indecency of that memorable play.
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Lysistrata
/laɪˈsɪstrətə/
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central figurecomedy
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6 entriesancient Greek dramaclassical literature figureclassical playfictional characterpolitical tacticsocial movement
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5 entriesAristophanes playGreek comedyancient Greecefeminist movementsex strike
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The idea of a sex strike is as old as Aristophanes. Undoubtedly after a tiff with Mrs. Aristophanes, he wrote his “Lysistrata,” a comedy about wives who end the Peloponnesian War by resisting their husbands.
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So I created the same women and started with the same story, but then just played it out in a contemporary setting. Also, unlike in “Lysistrata,” the sex strike doesn’t work.
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Making sex a quid for some quo can be, as in “Lysistrata,” a dramatic strategy, but it probably isn’t the best one.
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