mnli premise: Other critics say the play has outlived [its] raciness (David Patrick Stearns, USA Today ). Although La Ronde was banned at the turn of the century, nowadays its account of sexual encounters among various characters (all played by Kidman and her co-star Iain Glen) seems pretty tame. hypothesis: Kidman only agreed to appear in the play on the basis that the movie would later be banned and generate publicity for her.