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Soasig Chamaillard, Super Marie
Karen Miranda Augustine: I love Super Marie. Some have said that Superman has been strongly associated with Jesus. In the Hindu religion, Jesus would be like their god Krishna. It is so powerful to change that Superman image to the Virgin Mary, a woman. What were some of the ideas that you had about this piece while you were developing it?
Soasig Chamaillard: I found it very interesting to confront these two icons. One can see several things here. If it is considered that the Virgin Mary is a representation of her time, then one can see her as a “super woman” of our time, i.e. a super busy woman who works and deals with her family at the same time. There is also a very interesting bond between comics and religion. The superheroes represent clear visions of good and evil. Their super capacities clearly represent religious miracles. AND one can still see other significances there….
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. . . we were playing a concert in the New York Winter Gardens. A friend told me the film maker Jim Jarmusch was coming to the concert. I didn’t know who he was but I said please come over and see us. After the concert Jim and the whole crew came over to see us backstage, he had some CDs of mine that I signed, he said he enjoyed the show, said it was a beautiful concert and said ‘I have something in mind, I want to use some of your music in my film.’ I said, ‘Please do. You’re welcome. Just let me know how you get on.’ So we shook hands and he left and after a few months he contacted me and said ‘I’ve selected the songs. It took me six years to find the right music for this film! Now I have the right music!’ So that’s how it happened . . . I thanked him so much for the chance to show people the Ethio-jazz.

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