Please see Eve Ensler's "The Good Body" [View All]

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I saw it Sunday in San Francisco.
A synopsis of what the show is about:

The Good Body is about the world-wide effort by women to make themselves beautiful according to the dictates of their culture. Ensler interviewed women from over 30 countries to discover how they mutilate and manipulate their bodies, from Western liposuction and Botox parties to the brass rings of Thailand's long-necked Padong people and the hijab (headscarf) of the Muslim world.

Here's an article about the show and Ensler
http://www.sfexaminer.com/article/index.cfm/i/062404a_ensler

Among the vignettes I found most interesting was Eve portraying a woman who had just had breast implants. She eventually married her plastic surgeon, and he redid her entire body.

In addtion to seeing "The Good Body" last week, I also saw "The Magdalene Sisters" and "Kadosh" on video...so I'm in no mood for comments about "feminazis" and "infirmary feminists"...thank you.

I don't want to give anyway too many details for those of you who plan to see it, but I do want to be a a part of creating some discussions here about gender, "looks," and so on that are more meangingful than who is and who is not considered hot this week.