THE MANSION TRIO - TW VIOLENCE/WAR

THE GOAL FOR THIS SEQUENCE WAS TO CREATE AN UNSETTLING BACKDROP FOR THE WHIMSICAL DANCE OCCURING DOWNSTAGE OF THE PROJECTION SURFACE. THE PROJECTION CONTAINS CLIPS FROM NOTABLE WARS THROUGHOUT HISTORY, BRINGING THE SEQUENCE INTO PRESENT DAY BY INCORPORATING CLIPS THAT WERE FILMED IN UKRAINE JUST DAYS BEFORE THE PRODUCTION OCCURRED (MARCH 2022). THE INCLUSION OF THE "DAISY" ADVERTISEMENT FROM  LBJ'S ANTI-NUCLEAR WARFARE CAMPAIGN VIDEO LEADING INTO VIDEO FOOTAGE OF THE WAR IN UKRAINE WAS A CALL TO ACTION FOR AUDIENCES TO QUESTION THE SIMILARITIES BETWEEN THE VIETNAM WAR WHEN THE ORIGINAL PRODUCTION OF PIPPIN WAS OCCURING, AND THE WAR IN UKRAINE TAKING PLACE AT THE VERY MOMENT THEY WERE SITTING IN THE THEATER.