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Why Torture Is Wrong, and the People Who Love Them: And Other Political Plays Kindle Edition

by Christopher Durang (Author) Format: Kindle Edition
3.2 out of 5 stars 12 ratings
“[A] hilarious and disturbing new comedy about all-American violence” and other whip-smart political satires by the Tony Award-winning playwright (Ben Branley, The New York Times).
 
Christopher Durang, who The New York Observer called “Jonathan Swift’s nicer, younger brother,” became one of America’s most beloved and acclaimed playwrights by marrying gonzo farce with incisive social critique. Now collected in Why Torture Is Wrong, and the People Who Love Them and Other Political Plays are Durang’s most revealing satirical plays.
 
Why Torture Is Wrong, and the People Who Love Them is the story of a young woman in crisis: Is her new husband, whom she married when drunk, a terrorist? Or just crazy? Or both? Is her father’s hobby of butterfly collecting really a cover for his involvement in a shadow government? Does her mother frequent the theater for mental escape, or is she just insane? Add in a minister who directs porno, and a ladylike operative whose underwear just won’t stay up, and this black comedy will make us laugh all the way to the waterboarding room.
 
Also included in this volume are:
Excerpts from Sex and Longing
Cardinal O’Connor
The Book of Leviticus Show
Entertaining Mr. Helms
The Doctor Will See You Now
Under Duress: Words on Fire
An Alter Boy Talks to God
The Hardy Boys and the Mystery of Where Babies Come From
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  1. ISBN-13
    978-0802194411
  2. Publisher
    Grove Press
  3. Publication date
    September 11, 2012
  4. Language
    English
  5. File size
    2.9 MB
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“A whirligig fun house . . . Durang’s funniest play!” —Ben Brantley, The New York Times
 
“Happy news from Christopher Durang . . . his funniest play in years. a play that equals his early hits. Torture is the story, in part, of a family dysfunctional in a new, highly original way. ****” —John Simon, Bloomberg.com
 
“Christopher Durang, our Poet Laureate of the Absurd, has written a smashing new play. . . . [The treasured playwright possesses a serious philosophy of life combined with a serious taste for the blissfully, unapologetically silly. . . . Durang is Jonathan Swift’s nicer, younger brother.] . . . this freewheeling satire of the cult of violence in a mad, mad world is a cathartic riot” —John Heilpern, The New York Observer
 
“Comedic napalm, something like a cross between The Marriage of Bette and Boo and Dr. Strangelove. Durang has now joined ranks with Dario Fo. Durang is getting a lot off his chest, and off ours . . . unnervingly true and cathartic.” —Bob Verini, Variety

Product details

  • ASIN ‏ : ‎ B00BAH9RTM
  • Publisher ‏ : ‎ Grove Press (September 11, 2012)
  • Publication date ‏ : ‎ September 11, 2012
  • Language ‏ : ‎ English
  • File size ‏ : ‎ 2.9 MB
  • Text-to-Speech ‏ : ‎ Enabled
  • Screen Reader ‏ : ‎ Supported
  • Enhanced typesetting ‏ : ‎ Enabled
  • X-Ray ‏ : ‎ Not Enabled
  • Word Wise ‏ : ‎ Not Enabled
  • Print length ‏ : ‎ 234 pages
  • Customer Reviews:
    3.2 out of 5 stars 12 ratings

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  • Melissa
    5.0 out of 5 stars Enjoyed this on my Kindle.
    Reviewed in the United States on October 30, 2013
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    This was my first experience reading a play on my Kindle and I enjoyed it more than I thought I would. And of course this play is just as hilarious as everything else I have read/seen by Mr. Durang.
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    durnagndurang!
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