- Julio César emphasized that «the Mérida festival, once again, shows us that classical theater is not a museum, but a mirror, which reflects back to us, from beauty and emotion, the necessary questions for our present.»
- «In a world like the current one, where we live with information overload, with fragmented identities and decisions that sometimes seem guided more by inertia than consciousness, Oedipus prompts us,» he emphasized.
- «Oedipus Rex, over two thousand years, shouted again from the stones of the Roman theater that ignorance and pride are not virtues,» he said.
The spokesperson for Mérida, Julio César Fuster, intervened in the presentation of the play «Oedipus Rex,» the production of the Teatro Fondazione di Rom Cimarro, the director of the play, Luca de Fusco, the launch of the play, as well as representatives and authorities.
In this context, Fuster began his speech by delving into the origins of Greco-Roman culture, «something that is very strong for the city of Mérida.»
Furthermore, Fuster emphasized that «the Mérida festival, once again, shows us that classical theater is not a museum, but a mirror, which reflects back to us, from beauty and emotion, the uncomfortable but necessary truths.»
Regarding «Oedipus Rex,» the spokesperson emphasized that it is a work that represents «the most incandescent point of one of humanity’s eternal conflicts, the clash between two cultures.»
He continued to disagree with the notion that «Oedipus Rex» is simply a tragedy about fate; it is also about the chosen blindness, a different kind of fear, and how a society can be condemned when it refuses to face the truth.
Regarding the latter, he emphasized that «in a world like the current one, where we live with information overload, with fragmented identities and decisions that sometimes seem guided more by inertia than consciousness, Oedipus presents us with a question.»
He stated that it «reminds us that looking in the opposite direction has consequences. Confronting the truth, no matter how painful, is an act of dignity and responsibility.»
Furthermore, the spokesperson asserted that the protagonist of Sophocles’ tragedy «follows the truth, but does not acknowledge that he is part of what he sought to eradicate,» prompting the question «is this happening today, when migrants are portrayed as threats, often forgetting the benefits they bring?»
Finally, the spokesperson for the city of Mérida emphasized that this work, «over two thousand years old, cries out from the stones of the Roman theater in Mérida that ignorance, pride, and fear are not virtues,» because «the true tragedy is not fate, but the refusal to acknowledge it,» he concluded.
