Description: Patriot Act by Charles A. Duncombe Winner of the Fratti/Newman Award for Political Playwriting. A million dollars to the most patriotic man or woman in America - and America does the voting! Do you love your country? Do you stand united? Do you support our troops? Do you have what it takes to make it to the final round?A man reports to a testing center for his final casting interview. There are a lot of forms to fill out. Then theres his psychological profile, his medical testing, and his background check. The questions never seem to stop. Some of them seem awfully personal, some of them almost seem like an invasion of privacy. Dont worry, his interviewers assure him. Its all part of the process. All part of getting selected for the most exciting new reality show in America..."Patriot Act is a very simple piece of political theater but not a simplistic one. Like the would-be contestant, we dont realize until its too late that each of the mans answers to his interviewers questions has clicked a lock on his freedom. The frightening thing is that no matter what replies the man (or we) supplies, the judges are likely to interpret them as unreliable and persuade their prisoner that even if he were innocent of any suspected wrongdoing, it is in the countrys best interests that he go along with whatever the government declares as truth... Patriot Act is not at all a disposable piece of agitprop likely to fade with the legislation for which it is named. It is a peculiar examination of gullible Americas trust in authority that finds us fatally incurious about the matter." - LA Weekly FORMAT Paperback LANGUAGE English CONDITION Brand New Author Biography Charles Duncombe is the author of the City Garage texts Atrocities (2000), Cinema Stories: Ceremonies of Unendurable Bondage (2002), Oedipustext/LA (2003) and Patriot Act: A Reality Show (2004). He also wrote the companys adaptations of Heiner Muller: Medeatext; Los Angeles/Despoiled Shore (2000); Frederick of Prussia/George Ws Dream of Sleep (2001); and The Mission (Accomplished) (2008). His English-language versions (with Frederique Michel) of Molieres The Bourgeois Gentilhomme, The School For Wives, and Sganarelle premiered in 2009, 2010 and 2011 at City Garage. Patriot Act won the 2004 Fratti-Newman Award for Political Playwriting. All three of his Muller adaptations were nominated for the LA Weeklys "Best Adaptation" award, as was his contemporary version of The Trojan Women: LA/Dafur Dreamscape in 2010. He is also the author of the short story collection Ceremonies of Unendurable Bondage and Other Stories. He lives in Los Angeles. Details ISBN1456555642 Author Charles A. Duncombe Short Title PATRIOT ACT Pages 124 Language English ISBN-10 1456555642 ISBN-13 9781456555641 Media Book Format Paperback Publisher Createspace Independent Publishing Platform Year 2011 Publication Date 2011-06-20 Subtitle A Reality Show Imprint Createspace Independent Publishing Platform Country of Publication United States AU Release Date 2011-06-20 NZ Release Date 2011-06-20 US Release Date 2011-06-20 UK Release Date 2011-06-20 Audience General We've got this At The Nile, if you're looking for it, we've got it. With fast shipping, low prices, friendly service and well over a million items - you're bound to find what you want, at a price you'll love! TheNile_Item_ID:46767903;
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