Branden Jacobs-Jenkins’ Rat-Race Delivers Comedy Gold by Tanvi Agrawal & Barry David Horwitz “Gloria” leaves us thinking about the rat-race that Millennials face—how exploited their lives can be. Branden Jacobs-Jenkins’ witty comedy makes delicious fun of their high-pressure bubble. The office competition has destroyed these zine writers’ human sympathy—even for each other. These copywriters…
Montoya, Salinas, Siguenza Shine Satirical Spotlight on US by Cynthia Lopez Thirty years ago, in the Mission, I discovered “Culture Clash”—a trio of talented comics who offered a hilarious, irreverent, and biting political view of U.S. life from a Latino point of view. So, what’s different now? A lot—and very little. In a series…
Sting’s Musical Floats My Boat, in Homage to 80s Shipbuilders by Hannah Yurke “The Last Ship” is everything you want from a musical written by and starring Sting: rousing songs, stirring political story, poignant romance, outrageously talented cast, and knock down amazing set. It’s 1986, and Maggie Thatcher’s Conservative England is enforcing austerity. In…
Karani Marcia Leslie Johnson Strips Black Stereotypes Bare by Robert M. Gardner Karani Johnson pulls no punches in her hard-hitting exposè of Black stereotypes. We know well the history of white oppression since , but her “The Trial of One Short-Sighted Black Woman vs. Mammy Louise and Safreeta Mae” reveals Black people’s prejudices against…