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Tehran theatre says hugging actors are married to dodge contact rules
Original: ‘Hugging actors are married’: Tehran theatre navigates contact restrictions
A theatre production in Tehran has taken to telling censors that actors sharing an embrace on stage are married in order to comply with Iran's restrictions on physical contact between unrelated men and women. The workaround, reported by Iran International, highlights the creative evasions theatre companies use as contact between men and women remains restricted on Iranian stages.
Why now: The anecdote is circulating because it is an unusual example of how performers creatively sidestep Iran's strict rules on contact between unrelated men and women.
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- ‘Hugging actors are married’: Tehran theatre navigates contact restrictions · Iran International
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