Gadjo Dildo

Gadjo Dildo is a cabaret-type show starring three Roma actresses and a drag queen presenter. Following the experience of these very different Roma women, we are ironical about their hypersexualization by gadjei, but also the minimization of their sexuality by the traditional communities they are part of. The show functions as a sort of telescope through which one may look at a faraway land where Roma women live – with wishes, hopes, reactions and visions that go beyond the socially acceptable stereotypes our times associate them with.

The title of Tony Gatlif’s 1997 movie “Gadjo Dilo” (“crazy stranger” in Romani language) is here overturned by a simple, queer “d”.
The idea is to showcase and overturn some of the most widespread stereotypes about Romani women across the world, like “exotic”; “chic”; “submissive”; “mysterious”; “domestic”, and “Indian” – as exposed in one of the first scenes. Every story is rhythmed by “The Gypsy experience”, the slogan which the drag-queen presenter of the show proudly and loudly heralds.

Cast: Mihaela Drăgan, Elena Duminică, Zita Moldovan, Paul Dunca

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