Description: Vicua by Jon Robin Baitz A play centering on the tensions between a political demagogue and the tailor who makes his suit In his Upper East Side atelier, a bespoke tailor, Anselm Kassar, is persuaded by the vulgar real estate mogul turned presidential candidate Kurt Seaman to make him the perfect suit. A suit to "stun them" at the final debate before the election, a suit for him to wear while he takes on his unnamed female opponent. Kassar agrees to make Seaman a suit with magical powers of persuasion, to allow him to "close the deal with the American people." Over the course of three fittings for this exorbitantly expensive and totemic vicuña suit, Seaman cajoles and spars with the tailor and his young Muslim apprentice, Amir. Amirs challenges to Seaman and Seamans daughter Srilanka over the dangerously xenophobic and inflammatory rhetoric coming out of the campaign make the fittings increasingly volatile in the genteel atelier. Vulnerabilities are exploited masterfully by the candidate, in the manner of a true sociopath with a perfect instinct for other peoples weaknesses. Coming out of an election season that laid bare the rage in much of America, Jon Robin Baitzs Vicuña is an astute satire of what--or who--it takes to bring those anxieties to the fore. FORMAT Paperback LANGUAGE English CONDITION Brand New Author Biography Jon Robin Baitz was born in Los Angeles in 1961, and grew up there, in Rio de Janeiro, and in South Africa. His plays have been extensively produced on and off Broadway and throughout the world. He is the author of The Film Society, The Substance of Fire, Three Hotels, A Fair Country, The Paris Letter, and Other Desert Cities. He created the ABC TV show Brothers & Sisters, which ran for five seasons from 2007 to 2012, and the miniseries The Slap. He is a Tony nominee for the Broadway production of Other Desert Cities, a two-time Pulitzer Prize finalist, a Guggenheim fellow, and an American Academy of Arts and Letters award win Details ISBN0374283591 Author Jon Robin Baitz Pages 112 Language English Year 2018 ISBN-10 0374283591 ISBN-13 9780374283599 Format Paperback Publication Date 2018-04-10 Subtitle A Play Short Title Vicu DEWEY 812/.54 Audience General Publisher Farrar, Straus and Giroux Imprint Farrar, Straus and Giroux 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:127205905;
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