DRAM 115 Lecture Notes - Lecture 12: Tony Kushner, Angels Among Us, Magic Realism
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The boys in the band : a drama. A group of gay friends living in the city. They are trying to mask their identities and sexuality. First time audience gets a taste of gay identity in drama. Angels in america opens with a funeral scene. Dealing with a lot of fallout from that passing. Angelic world myth dimension vs reality of america. Open a lot of doors of new themes and audience embrace and accept these themes. Joe is a mormon and tries to enter the political world in nyc. Gay characters that are trying to protect their privacy. Throughout play: social collapse and testing own beliefs. First line in play: hold - answering machine // multi line phone // metaphor: roy. Both come out of encounter that is valid. Video clip with the hulk guy and the big band theory guy. Roy"s attitude seemed out of scene to the play.
