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The Colour of Resentment Is Blue: A Fairy Tale from the Other SideIn fairy tales, roles are usually assigned in advance: the hero and the villain. But what happens in the soul of one who is immediately cast as the villain? Where do envy and resentment come from, when it seems that life itself has dealt you an unfair hand? It was from these reflections that the play 'The Blue Dwarf, or the Pearl Heart' by the Uzbek National Puppet Theatre gradually came into being. The author of the tale, director and composer Stefania Garaeva-Zhuchenko, artist Alina Korytova and choreographer Alina Mikhailova-Lomans tell the story of how a narrative emerged not about the victor, but about the one whom it is customary to defeat.Diana Ibatullina#Cinema and Performing Arts#Ideas & Analysis