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Imagine a young scientist (Daniel) who has discovered the mechanism by which the stress caused by constant social defeat leads to epigenetic modifications in the germline of rats. These modifications lead to submissive behavior in the offspring of the stressed rats. Now this scientist is put under pressure from his corporate sponsors to test his results in humans in order to 'cure' the social underclass from their loser mentality. In his plight, Daniel tests his ideas on the poor guy who delivers his experimental rats (Korn). Korn is a typical underdog who keeps getting beat down by the system, can't hold a job and is just the kind of person Daniel has been looking for. Just as his secret experiments are being discovered, Korn is kidnapped...
If you think this sounds like an interesting and entertaining plot, you should see "Wild Werden. Ein Notstand". It plays at the Staatstheater Karlsruhe on May 20, 2009, 8pm. It has premiered there on February 22, you can see some pictures here. There's also a critique available at the site of the theater. I have been somewhat invovled in some aspects of the script, as the two directors of the play, Jörn J. Burmester and Stefan Nolte have been discussing their ideas with me and asked for my scientific advice. I haven't seen the play, yet, but I plan to travel to Karlsruhe to see how it has turned out. The play uses the outlined plot to address the issue of what our society considers "sick" and in need of a cure. What is the 'better' human? When does scientific innovation turn to hubris?
Posted on Wednesday 08 April 2009 - 16:45:09 comment: 0
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