Standstill (drama)
Zeitstillstand (original title Time Stands Still ) is a drama in two acts by the American author Donald Margulies, first performed in 2009 in Los Angeles .
It asks about the moral of journalistic war reporting . “The journalistic business with horror” is discussed . The relationships between the people involved are also discussed.
The drama was nominated for Best Play at the 2010 Tony Awards.
The German premiere took place in 2011 in the St. Pauli Theater in Hamburg .
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The story is about two couples; by photojournalist Sarah Goodwin and freelance foreign reporter James Dodd, and Sarah Goodwin's editor, Richard Ehrlich and his girlfriend, event planner Mandy Bloom.
Sarah Goodwin was seriously injured while on duty in a war zone in the Middle East . Her friend, James Dodd, had brought her back to New York from an American military hospital in Germany to which she had been taken . The two live there.
Dodd himself had also returned home from an assignment abroad weeks earlier. He suffered a shock while witnessing a bloody attack .
Sarah Goodwin has medical appointments in New York. James Dodd has to undergo psychotherapy .
A few days after Sarah's return, her editor, Richard Ehrlich, visits her and Dodd with his girlfriend, Mandy Bloom.
During the visit, Mandy raises the question of the photojournalist's self-image: She recorded the suffering of the war, but did not intervene to help.
The reason for Mandy's questioning are photos of a dying child that Sarah Goodwin took in the war zone.
Sarah indicates that she wants to shake up with her documentary , fight for the world's pity and encourage people to help. She is aware that she makes a living from the suffering of other people.
A standstill illustrates how images of war are created. The title of the drama refers to what Sarah says she perceives when she takes photos. If she looks through the “small rectangle” , time stops.
Individual evidence
- ↑ Ulrich Fischer: Curtain closed - all questions unanswered , accessed on January 12, 2020.
- ↑ Mined area: "Time standstill" in Hamburg , accessed on January 12, 2020.
- ↑ Time standstill , accessed on January 12, 2020.
- ↑ Udo Taubitz: Die Messen des Schreckens , accessed on January 12, 2020.
- ↑ Time standstill , accessed on January 12, 2020.