Results tagged “tashkent”

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Since the first previews of .

Seeing it is oddly like watching a engrossing foreign movie--and not just because of the supratitles above the stage. A score by Aziza Sadykova, voice-over narration, and live sound effects (echoes heighten outcries) add to the immersion you get from high production value. And though the story about a boy growing up gay in a sexually repressive society isn't all that unfamiliar a scenario, the familial haggling over bride-price and discussions of the finer points of Sharia law are.