A COMMENT ON THE REVIEW OF THE DÅS-REVUE
A COMMENT ON THE REVIEW OF THE DÅS-REVUE
Illustratør: Anna Bjørke
Natalie Nazareno Translator
On the occation of our ten years-anniversary, the FÅRshowcommittee saved two seats for Tuntreet on the front row in Aud.Max. The last time we had a show, we didn’t get any mention in Tuntreet, and we thought that was a shame. In retrospect, this was probably not a negative thing after all. Because even though we received some praise, I am left with some thoughts that I would like to share.
As revealed in the review, one of the sketches in the revue was about the fact that we can no longer dance without the focus being on sex. The review by Tuntreet is one of several reasons why the sketch addresses precisely this problem. Because after sitting through over fifty minutes of couple dancing, hip hop, singalongs, modern dance, vogueing, six sketches and nine clips, it is still sex that is chosen to be in focus.
Sex is often a theme in association revues, and usually to a much greater extent than in this year’s DÅs show. Nevertheless, the review introduces DÅs as an association where “the dancing often plays on some sexy moves”, and one of the main points it highlights is that we play on sex.
In the review, the audience is even used to point this out. During the revue, the two middle tables on the first row were filled with family members and former DÅs members. The remaining tables in front of the stage were reserved for the associations that, themselves, held seats for us during their revues, which we consider to be normal custom. In the review, however, this is twisted so to portray that these associations have been invited because they are male associations that we want to “be front row witnesses to butt-shaking and sex-appeal”. This is antiAnna Bjørke Illustrator feminist and misunderstood and shows once again what we try to get across in the sketch, as well as its importance: it is not possible to dance without dancing to make men think you are attractive.
Further on in the review, the journalist writes that she only had consumed one beer during the show. Then it’s a bit strange that she hasn’t picked up on the hot topics that were brought up, when we included everything from the Barbie movie to Moksnes. Equally strange is it that she hasn’t only managed to misunderstand the whole point of the sketch, but even contributes to strengthen the idea that dancing is synonymous with a desire to show off one’s body to men. The fact that a woman wrote the review makes it even worse, if you ask me.
And by all means, if you don’t think the revue is funny or think we have too much dancing and too few sketches, that is a subjective opinion which is quite natural to come out in a review. Constructive criticism is a good thing, and we are fully aware that criticism is something all associations receive after holding a review
What’s a shame is that the review doesn’t have any sense of humour whatsoever, but rather pure dissatisfaction at times. You start to wonder what the point of writing such a review is, because if there’s one thing it doesn’t do, it’s to motivate you to want to put on a show. And what does Tuntreet really have to gain from writing such reviews about voluntary student work?
By the way, our revue is now out on Youtube (and Pornhub, ofc), so if you want to see all our sexual dancing again, you know where to go.
Sincerely, Revue Director Helene Fuglesang
