Mike Daisey Takes on Ayn Rand, Utopias, and the Moon

Michael van Baker — Wed, 08 May 2013 23:29:30 +0000

"It has to do with class in America, her appeal to boot-strappers," concluded Daisey, who sounded excited by the topic and yet restrained, keeping himself from launching into the monologue then and there.

Mike Daisey Unmasks Our “American Utopias” at Seattle Rep

Michael van Baker — Thu, 02 May 2013 22:53:21 +0000

Minute-for-minute, the show contains a greater torrent of convulsive laughter and insight than anything I think I've seen from Daisey before. The utopias encountered are Burning Man (one thing we all know with certainty, deep in our souls, says Daisey, is whether we need to go to Burning Man, or not), Disney World and his sister's New Jersey annexation of its aesthetic, and the occupation of Zuccotti Park.

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Mike Daisey Takes on Ayn Rand, Utopias, and the Moon

Mike Daisey Unmasks Our “American Utopias” at Seattle Rep