Presepio 2007

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Akela and Lucca conceived of this year's theme and executed its creation. i contributed ideas, assisted under close supervision, and implemented only pre-approved scenes. i negotiated, i.e., begged, for some "real estate."

a couple of years ago Lucca had the idea for a "World War III" presepio that would include some of the model airplanes he was building at the time. as this idea was kicked around, Akela thought of placing the Nativity underground after seeing a diorama of a Viet Cong tunnel at the International Spy Museum in D.C. before actually beginning, i was referring to this year's theme as "apocalyptic," cringing at the born again/Christian right implication. as things developed and we grappled with both our original vision and our limited technical skills, Bush's disastrous war in Iraq came to permeate our humble creation, guiding its look and its politics, as we came to refer to this year's presepio simply as "baghdad."