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Eliana Lopez during a media-only performance of ‘What is the Scandal?’ Photos by Luke Thomas.<\/p><\/div>\n

By Luke Thomas<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n

May 30, 2015<\/p>\n

Eliana Lopez, the wife of San Francisco Sheriff Ross Mirkarimi, presented her new play \u2018What Is the Scandal? \/ \u00bfCu\u00e1l es el Esc\u00e1ndalo?<\/em>\u2019 to an ovation-standing audience of media professionals Thursday.<\/p>\n

Showing at the Mission Cultural Center for Latino Arts<\/a> (8 p.m. Fridays-Saturdays, 6 p.m. Sundays; closes June 7), Scandal<\/em> provides a long-overdue voice for Lopez who found herself at the center of a sensationalized political \u2018scandal\u2019 in 2012, overblown by a media frenzy and stoked by anti-Mirkarimi political forces.<\/p>\n

To recap, Lopez and Mirkarimi got into a heated argument one week before Mirkarimi was officially sworn into office over a trip Lopez wanted to take, to visit Lopez\u2019s family in Venezuela with the couple\u2019s son. Mirkarimi opposed the trip over security concerns, exacerbated by childhood fears of abandonment. The ensuing emotionally-charged disagreement resulted in an arm-grab, causing a bruise on Lopez\u2019s arm.<\/p>\n

At the urging of Lopez\u2019s neighbor, Ivory Madison, a video was made by Madison of the bruise, to be used, Madison advised, as legal leverage against Mirkarimi in the event of divorce proceedings or a custody battle. Unbeknownst to Lopez, however, and against her wishes, Madison filed a police complaint, triggering an avalanche of political and legal troubles for the Mirkarimi-Lopez family, not least of which included months of court-mandated physical separation. Through it all, Lopez\u2019s protests were effectively dismissed and silenced.<\/p>\n

For Mirkarimi\u2019s political opponents, Madison\u2019s video in the hands of authorities was a gift that could be used to destroy the independent populist who made enemies as District 5 Supervisor for his successful efforts to reduce street and violent crime through mandatory foot patrols, among other legislative efforts.\u00a0 Mirkarimi also opposed the appointment of then City Administrator Ed Lee as interim mayor.<\/p>\n

Through Scandal<\/em>, Lopez is provided a stage to tell her side of the story through the dramatic art she has honed for years as a celebrated soap-opera star in Venezuela, daring to confront an incomplete but prevailing narrative while maintaining sensitivity around domestic violence.<\/p>\n

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Eliana Lopez.<\/p><\/div>\n

An accomplished actor who first began studying theatre and drama when she was 15, Lopez tells her story through an amalgam of real and fictionalized characters, including her mother and father; Mirkarimi, her son, her nameless neighbor (Madison), and \u201cMr. Lie\u201d, a bespectacled, mustached figure bearing a somewhat convincing resemblance to Mayor Ed Lee, (save for the female form).<\/p>\n

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One of the fictionalized characters in Lopez’ play is a bespectacled, mustached man man named “Mr. Lie”.<\/p><\/div>\n

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Lopez play acts a long distance telephone conversation with her parents.<\/p><\/div>\n

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“I don’t get it. Why did you betray me?”<\/p><\/div>\n

\u201cThis is a work of fiction – any resemblance to the truth is pure coincidence,\u201d the play disclaims via a projector, which is also used to display bilingual (Spanish\/English) translations of the script during the performance.<\/p>\n

Co-written with her brother, Alfonso Lopez, and produced by Carolina Agudero, Scandal<\/em> tells the story of how Lopez met Mirkarimi, their ensuing love-affair, their marriage (and awkward dance fails), the birth of their son, Mirkarimi\u2019s successful campaign for Sheriff of San Francisco, and how her world and the world of her family was suddenly turned upside down following Mirkarimi\u2019s arrest on spousal abuse charges.<\/p>\n

Ultimately, reasoned heads prevailed following a nine-month legal and administrative ordeal, with Mirkarimi\u2019s reinstatement to office and the lifting of a precautious stay away order. For Mirkarimi, the experience was humbling, forcing introspection and resulting in him becoming \u201ca better man, a better husband and a better sheriff<\/a>.\u201d<\/p>\n

For Lopez, as she extols in Scandal<\/em>, \u201cToday we live happily and full of love and joy.\u201d<\/p>\n

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\u201cToday we live happily and full of love and joy.\u201d<\/p><\/div>\n

The question some may now be asking is whether Scandal<\/em> can help Mirkarimi during what is expected to be a difficult re-election campaign. Some will say the political damage done is unrecoverable, especially for an elected official in charge of law enforcement. But, just as Mirkarimi\u2019s law enforcement reforms are centered around rehabilitation and redemption, Lopez\u2019s voice may help voters re-examine the so-called \u2018scandal\u2019 in a more balanced and less condemnatory light.<\/p>\n

This is San Francisco, after all.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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