Half-Lie Names

Jardani never studied history, but he knows Baba Yaga is not a witch without a past. She lives in a house with chicken feet, and the Saami build their houses on stilts. Baba Yaga means “You don’t belong in the place we took from you.” It means “Your home was stolen from you, and now you are a monster.”Jardani is not Russian. His ethnicity is Starving Dog and his gender is Killer. His name is not his name, and the quiet of Alina’s whisper is never quiet. Not onstage.Baba Yaga feels truer than any other name.~(Everyone knows that the core of John Wick’s character is that he’s a homicidal Wife Guy. With the newfound knowledge that “Women are our favorite guy,” we can extrapolate that the title Wife Guy can be awarded to transgender lesbians as well.)