THE-2000 Study Guide - Final Guide: Asian American Theater Company, Asian-American Theatre, Teatro Campesino
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Resistance and critical thinking: how does theatre comment upon, support, or fight against the. Angels in american (tony kushner) & spotlight on angels in america: characters: Louis ironson: a word processor who works at the federal appeals court in. Louis embodies all the streotypes of the neurotic jew: anxious, ambivalent, and perpetually guilty. Yet that guilt does not prevent him from leaving his lover prior when he contracts aids. Louis"s moral journey, from callous abandonment to genuine repentance and sorrow, is one of the key maturations in the play; his awakening of the responsibility parallels the awakening that the play seeks to awaken in its audiences. Ouis"s idealistic faith in american democracy, while often na ve or self-absorbed, is similar to the faith kushner himself manifests, so much so that some critics call louis as a stand-in for the playwright. Prior walter: the boyfriend that louis abandons after prior reveals that he has.
