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Stage Beauty
by A. Arni
My friend in Brooklyn has the phrase "Who Benefits?" tattooed in Russian on his forearm. It's an old Communist axiom Karl Marx believed could be used to root out the source of any corruption. It's pretty hot, too — that blockish, oppressive Russian script, the maudlin pessimism. Kids in Russia, one study shows, fuck a lot more than we do. What else could one do in perpetual winter under the crush of infinite bureaucracy? A. Arni's photos of a "Russian love story" depict sex on a stage for all to witness. He seems be saying that joy is in such low supply that sex shouldn't be private, but available to each according to his needs, like a public utility. — Will Doig