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Consumer society vs. Individual. Individual vs. Consumer society. Masculinity vs. Femininity. Femininity vs. Masculinity. Freedom vs. Branding. Branding vs. Freedom. Madness vs. Treatment. Treatment vs. Madness. Madness vs. Peculiarity... And round and round in circles... At first sight, it is impossible to find a way out of this labyrinth. But only at first sight. If one probes into the story more profoundly, one thing becomes clear: this is a drama with a basic conflict as old as humanity itself. It is a conflict of responsibility and freedom. Love and duty, if we speak in theatrical terms. This is a drama that deals with the adjustment to the rules of the world we are living in. A drama that, like a textbook, speaks of the rules of a game at the point where the game turns into life. Real life. Minja Bogavac, DMS On the author Milan Markovic was born in 1978 in Belgrade. He is eligible for his Bachelor of Art finals at the Academy of Dramatic Arts, a recipient of "Josip Kulundžić" award for the play titled The Bench presented in Belgrade Drama Theater and directed by Goran Ruškuc. He isa member of StaniPani collective, a group that investigates alternative cultural and social patterns, Queer Belgrade collective and SFW - New Drama Group. He writes for the theater (Good Morning Mr. Rabbit, Green House, The Bench), radio (Аса Can't Understand That, Double with Cheese), he makes short and documentary films and frees billboards. On the Director Jelena Bogavac, theatre director, founder of DMS - Demonstrating My Style, drama mental studies - informal theater troupe. Since 1999, in cooperation with many artists, the troupe has investigated achetypal contents in modern society. Numerous projécts on this topic have been completed, the most prominent among them being directing of the following performances: Fake Porno, Milena Bogavac, Jelena Bogavac, Maja Pelević, Filip Vujošević- BITEF Theatre Red: Sex and Consequences, Milena Bogavac - BITEF Theatre; Works and Days of Nun Lavinia, Jelena Svarc- BITEF Theatre; North force, Milena Bogavac- BITEF Theatre; Silence according to S. Beckett - BITEF Theatre (Representative of Serbia & Montenegro at FRINGE festival in Edinburgh); Yes to art - street performance at the opening of 36th Bitef Festival. She is the author of the novel Batman over Zvezdara. She is the winner of awards for directing at festivals in Croatia, Turkey, Bulgaria and Serbia.