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The play was mentioned as an example of absurdist theater that reflected the current political environment where people were transforming into what the speaker considered irrational political actors. The host suggested staging a Zoom reading of the play for the community.
It is the Eugene Ionesco play Rhinoceros, which was written a long time ago about a different political ecosystem in which people turned into rhinoceroses.
— Episode: The MAGA Pathology
Episode: The MAGA Pathology
The play was mentioned as an example of absurdist theater that reflected the current political environment where people were transforming into what the speaker considered irrational political actors. The host suggested staging a Zoom reading of the play for the community.
It is the Eugene Ionesco play Rhinoceros, which was written a long time ago about a different political ecosystem in which people turned into rhinoceroses.
And we need to retain our ability to be shocked by it. Because the moment you accept it as not shocking, you've accepted that it has a legitimate place in the political system.
Right, exactly. There is a rhinoceros running through the halls of the hospital, people.
We need to stage a Zoom reading of rhinoceros with the Bulwark community and we can all get rhinoceros masks for the scenes where people turn into rhinoceros.
