American Midget

If anyone knows the awful power of Mr. Much, it is Albert. We see Albert as a young boy discovering his love for art and having his spirit crushed by his mother, who complains that there is no sky in the picture he has drawn. We see him at 13 when neither basketball team captain wants him on their side. And at 17, when girls reject him. As a responsible adult, Albert seeks psychiatric help. But Dr. Kalamazoo confirms his worst fears: "Yes, you are a midget," he says. And he informs Albert, "It's been genetically proven that midgets can't paint. Their hands are too small." Attending art school anyway, Albert finds a teacher who instructs her class to make work suitable for aliens. When will our hero recognize that he is surrounded by idiots? Albert is actually a man of normal height, which makes [the play] an allegory. But one in which God and the devil are on the same side, reveling in their ability to control humanity. A deity known as the Voice keeps putting Albert down, but the play also gives today's atheists and agnostics a devil incarnate to believe in and battle. Or, if we're just feeling lazy, someone to blame. 9780881456103 0881456101 66 BOOK Artists NOT_MATURE http://books.google.com/books/content?id=h77_jgEACAAJ&printsec=frontcover&img=1&zoom=5&source=gbs_api en

• | Author: Jonathan Yukich
• | Publisher: Broadway Play Publishing, Incorporated
• | Publication Date: Oct 20, 2014
• | Number of Pages: 64 pages
• | Language: English
• | Binding: Paperback
• | ISBN-10: 0881456101
• | ISBN-13: 9780881456103