| Adventures of Ali & Ali and the Axes of Evil: A Divertimento for Warlords Contributor(s): Youssef, Marcus (Author), Verdecchia, Guillermo (Author), Chai, Camyar (Author) |
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ISBN: 0889225168 ISBN-13: 9780889225169 Publisher: Talonbooks OUR PRICE: $16.16 Product Type: Paperback Published: May 2005 Annotation: In this elaborate agitprop theatrical collaboration, the internal contradictions and duplicitous double-speak of the "war on terror" are exposed as the propaganda vehicles for the neo-colonialism of the West that they are. "Ali Hakim" and "Ali Ababwa," refugees from the imaginary country "Agraba," attempt to seduce their audience into providing them with food, refuge, security, freedom, and the material benefits of Western consumer society, failing miserably at every step. A hard-hitting presentation of a play-within-a-play assaults the audience as Youssef, Verdecchia, and Chai do Shakespeare, Shaw and Swift one better. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Drama | Canadian - Drama | American - General - Humor | Topic - Politics |
| Dewey: 812.54 |
| LCCN: 2005432187 |
| Physical Information: 0.31" H x 6.26" W x 8.52" (0.41 lbs) 128 pages |
| Themes: - Cultural Region - Canadian |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: In this elaborate agitprop theatrical collaboration, the internal contradictions and duplicitous double-speak of the "war on terror" are exposed as the propaganda vehicles for the neo-colonialism of the West that they are. "Ali Hakim" and "Ali Ababwa," refugees from the imaginary country "Agraba," attempt to seduce their audience into providing them with food, refuge, security, freedom and the material benefits of Western consumer society, failing miserably at every step. A hard-hitting presentation of a play-within-a-play assaults the audience as Youssef, Verdecchia and Chai do Shakespeare, Shaw and Swift one better with an endless string of buffooneries and absurdities derived from an inversion of the clich s defining the geo-politics of the Middle East at the beginning of the 21st century. Informed by the research of Paul Krugman and Noam Chomsky, sent up by the post-modern cultural relativism of "Jean Paul Jacques Beauderri redada," this political satire is not for the faint of heart. Cast of 4 men. |