And neither, it seems, will be Donald Trump’s presidency. This speech was a dud, but it wasn’t intended for me. I could even complain that, after all this time, this guy still doesn’t understand that microphones are designed to pick up the sound of your voice even when they are not right in front of your mouth, so you don’t need to manually adjust them at the beginning of your remarks, especially not in a way that covers up your face.īut it doesn’t matter what I think.
#Middle school near me carnage free#
I could tear my hair out about the ridiculous irony of a man who ran an overtly racist campaign telling us, “When you open your heart to patriotism, there is no room for prejudice,” or of a man whose party wants to take health insurance away from 30 million people pledging “to free the Earth from the miseries of disease,” or of a man who nominated Jeff Damn Sessions to run the Department of Justice musing, “We all enjoy the same glorious freedoms.” I could complain about the lack of specificity, about the total absence of any real agenda or even some assurance that he has a basic understanding of the issues he’s about to encounter as President, about his failure to place his presidency in the historical context of the greater American journey - for Trump, things were bad, and then he arrived, and now they’ll be good. I could list all the lies, explicit and implicit, he told - debunk him by telling you that, no, we haven’t “refused to defend” our borders or that, contrary to his depressing vision of a suffering economy, more people are working for better wages than ever before. In fact, despite having lost the popular vote by 3 million, despite his unprecedentedly low approval ratings, despite the palpable air of unease his election has caused throughout the country, he made no effort to offer an olive branch to anyone who hadn’t voted for him. I’m sympathetic to the argument that too much political rhetoric is devoted to patronizing niceties, but in addition to ignoring Obama’s historic presidency, Trump declined to offer any acknowledgment of Hillary Clinton’s historic candidacy. Start here: His only mention of the outgoing President (the one with the 57% approval rating under whose leadership the country added nearly 16 million jobs and wound down two wars) was a line about how the Obamas had been nice to him during the transition. Trump missed - in fact, he pointedly avoided - opportunities to do each of these things. In the press:īBC News ‘Doctor Who star Freema Agyeman will appear in a new stage production of the Tony and Olivier-winning dark comedy God of Carnage.An inaugural address is the new President’s first and best opportunity to salve any leftover hurt feelings from the campaign, express his gratitude and humility, unite the country behind a positive vision and lay out a governing agenda. Please note, warnings will be updated regularly to reflect any technical features added to the production during the rehearsal period. There are instances of strobe-like lighting and loud music. Winner! 2009 Olivier Award for Best ComedyĬontent Warning: This production will contain strong language, simulated projectile vomit and one instance of racist language. Winner! Three 2009 Tony Awards, including Best Play
God of Carnage is the unmissable darkly funny roller-coaster you won’t want to end.
With her sharp corrosive wit Reza rips the thin veneer of civility with heart-pounding honesty. Lyric Associate Director Nicholai La Barrie directs Yasmina Reza’s Olivier and Tony Award-winning play, translated by Academy Award winning Christopher Hampton. Their parents meet up to have a civil conversation about the misdemeanours of their children in a suitably calm and rational way… what can go wrong? As night falls chaos ensues with explosive tantrums, name-calling and tears.
The other day in the park, 11 year old Ferdinand knocked 11 year old Bruno’s two front teeth out. They say kids will be kids, but the adults are worse - much worse.
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