Victory Gardens Biograph Theater
2433 N Lincoln Ave
773.871.3000
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Photo: Ursa Waz
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May 5, 2010 – May 9, 2010
Daily
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- Price
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$25
“On the heels of How Theater Failed America, his deft, devastating monologue about the collapse of American theatre's economy and the mistreatment of its actors, Mike Daisey brings another monologue to Victory Gardens that addresses the failure of capitalism more directly. In signature Daisey rhetoric, The Last Cargo Cult incorporates a memoir of his time spent on a remote South Pacific island where America is worshiped with harsh analysis of the concurrent international financial crisis. While Daisey's monologues are always incisive, it's the impeccably timed dark humor that saves them from feeling like pedantic lectures — the Spalding Gray for globalized capitalism.”
Monica Westin, Flavorpill
Victory Gardens says: Groundbreaking monologist Mike Daisey returns with the story of his journey to a remote South Pacific island whose people worship America and its cargo. This narrative is woven against a searing examination of the international financial crisis that gripped the globe at the same moment. Confronting the financial system that dominates our world, Daisey wrestles with the largest questions of what the collapse means, and what it can tell us about our deepest values. Part adventure story and part memoir, he explores each culture to unearth a human truth between the seemingly primitive and achingly modern.
