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A Poem and a Mistake
Overview
Graduate student Myrrha, upset that her professor refers to Ovid's Metamorphoses as "being about love", pushes him and suddenly he transforms into a mirror version of herself. As she recollects her relationship with music, sex, and sexual violence, he is transported into Ovid's stories to come to a new understanding.
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Cast
Sarah Baskin
Myrrha / Not Myrrha / The Gods
Grant Neal
Professor (voice)
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