Advice and Consent A Play in One Act |
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| Author:
| Murray, Yxta Maya |
| Introduction by:
| Kim, Kathleen |
| Series title: | LARB Provocations Ser. |
| ISBN: | 978-1-940660-50-9 |
| Publication Date: | Jun 2019 |
| Publisher: | Los Angeles Review of Books
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| Book Format: | Paperback |
| List Price: | AUD $27.99 |
Book Description:
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On September 27, 2018, the Senate Judiciary Committee held hearings concerning Dr. Christine Blasey Ford's allegations that then-Supreme Court Justice nominee Judge Brett Kavanaugh had sexually assaulted her in the mid-1980s. Advice and Consent is a play formed of interviews, found text, and transcripts, re-arranged, selected, and edited for poetic and provocative effect. The drama is designed as a thought experiment about power, pathos, tragedy, politics, gender, race, and truth....
More DescriptionOn September 27, 2018, the Senate Judiciary Committee held hearings concerning Dr. Christine Blasey Ford's allegations that then-Supreme Court Justice nominee Judge Brett Kavanaugh had sexually assaulted her in the mid-1980s. Advice and Consent is a play formed of interviews, found text, and transcripts, re-arranged, selected, and edited for poetic and provocative effect. The drama is designed as a thought experiment about power, pathos, tragedy, politics, gender, race, and truth. Accompanied by a score written by law professor and violinist Kathleen Kim, it may be either read or performed.