PhotoThe Serbian strongman Slobodan Milosevic died during his trial for war crimes at The Hague in 2006. So his reincarnation in a glossy tracksuit for an experimental Serbian musical this week in Kosovo has provoked complicated feelings in the majority Albanian country. “The Lift: The Slobodan Show” tracks the autocrat’s rise, focusing on his family relationships, particularly with his wife, Mirjana, and ends with his trial in The Hague. It is interspersed with accounts from the Serbian actors of their own memories of life under Milosevic in the 1990s. Kosovo declared independence from Serbia in 2008, but Serbia and Serbian minority groups within Kosovo refuse to recognize it.

Source: New York Times March 07, 2018 16:18 UTC