Political Review was a play that dealt with some of the American issues that affects the lives of every individual young and old. It dealt with race, politics, the American Dream, censors (TV and movies), gender, and just everyday issues that affect us as a society.What made this an American play was that they were all dressed in red, white, and blue and the main character that we saw before every scene was Abraham Lincoln, it was a political view of American society. The play was broken up into different sections and before every scene and actor dressed like Abraham Lincoln would walk with a poster board in his hand, written on this board would be the next issue they were about to discuss. For instance, if the next scene dealt with race he would walk by with a sign that had Race written on it, in a sense preparing the audience for what they were about to see. Each section would contain approximately four to five skits that reflected that topic from an American point of view. Each character used their real life names and acted in each skit that affected them personally, which gave this play a much greater impact.What was also very interesting was that each section of this play was only addressed the negative things that affect us. For example, the topic of homosexuality they represented it with an infomercial that was selling a real life size doll of this homosexual man who had been beaten to death for his sexual orientation, and the host said things like It comes with real blood dripping down its body, and also If you call now you can receive the gate he was hung from for free, also containing real blood. In the midst of this infomercial there is someone acting it out. The issue of politics they acted out a scene that was called Presidents Wives Boot Camp and it just portrayed them as being puppets. They were being trained to act and dress a certain way, maintain a perfect image, and if they didnt they go the boot. It didnt have one ...
