Theatre Review: "Disgraced" - When the Religious Melting Pot Boils Over
THE INDEPENDENT
By Kate Bassett
UNITED KINGDOM---A raw, Pulitzer-winning view of American multicultural tensions crosses the Atlantic in style. Amir had a Muslim surname, but has changed it to Kapoor. He has also fudged whether his parents came from Pakistan or India and spurned his mother's virulent anti-Semitism. Now a dapper New York attorney – more than a decade after 9/11 – he scorns Islam as backward and chauvinist. He finds himself incensed, nonetheless, by colleagues' enquiries about his supposed hidden sympathies in Disgraced.
That's not to mention Isaac, the gallery owner who has taken a shine to Amir's wife, Emily. She's a liberal, Wasp artist who admires and imitates Islamic art for its serenity. She's also pushing her husband to defend a local imam who is at risk of incarceration without due process. American writer Ayad Akhtar's depiction of troubled multiculturalism has been awarded the 2013 Pulitzer Prize for drama. 'Disgraced' runs to June 29. [link]
By Kate Bassett
That's not to mention Isaac, the gallery owner who has taken a shine to Amir's wife, Emily. She's a liberal, Wasp artist who admires and imitates Islamic art for its serenity. She's also pushing her husband to defend a local imam who is at risk of incarceration without due process. American writer Ayad Akhtar's depiction of troubled multiculturalism has been awarded the 2013 Pulitzer Prize for drama. 'Disgraced' runs to June 29. [link]
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