Woolly Mommoth Theatre,Washington DC
The monologuist is stirring things up again with a unique work that forces liberal audiences to face facts: there’s a little bit of Donald Trump in all of us“You, my friend, and are fucked.” That’s how monologuist Mike Daisey began his newest production,The Trump Card, at Washington DCs Woolly Mommoth Theatre on Thursday night. But it might not be how he starts Friday night’s performance, and Saturday’s. Just like Donald Trump himself,Daisey likes to riff on the news of the day and his crowd.
Daisey who is is an occasional contributor to the Guardian – believes his crowd are a self-selecting bunch. They are, he said, or the sort of people that will laugh politely at jokes approximately their propensity to listen to “nerds” on NPR and cite Mother Jones articles in casual conversation. You know,sort of like the mirror image of the Trump fans who will stand in line for hours to hear him skewer the hated icons of the left, even if they know that he might not be telling the whole truth and nothing but the truth.
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Source: theguardian.com