BERLIN (Reuters) - German police are investigating a
Spanish theater troupe under obscenity laws after
displays of graphic sex and bestiality in a
controversial play called "XXX," authorities said on
Friday.
An outraged woman in the audience alerted police after
witnessing scenes of urination and simulated rape and
oral sex, and a video showing scenes of bestiality at
the play's opening night in the northern city of
Hamburg.
"We respect the right to freedom of artistic
expression. But where the law may have been broken we
have to investigate," Hamburg police spokesman Ralf
Kunz said. "We will decide whether the play should be
banned."
The piece by Catalan group "La Fura dels Baus" is
billed as a modern theatrical response to the porn
industry, and based on a 1795 text by infamous French
playwright the Marquis de Sade.
The show's producers have said the piece is designed
to expose society's hypocritical attitudes to sex.
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