Tony Kushner vs. Laura Bush

A friend of mine who is also acquainted with Mr. Kushner alerted me to this from Salon (note: my friend also reminded me not too long ago of a colloquial we used to identify Tony--it was like remembering a secret handshake). Anyway, before checking out the **Subscription or View an Ad for Powell's Books Required** article on Salon, you might want to look at the original referenced work here (from The Nation). In summary:

Tony wrote a short scene featuring Laura Bush as one of the main characters. She will be reading to a group of children accompanied by an Angel, who explains to Mrs. Bush that they are in fact dead Iraqi children, killed either by Bush the elder or the subsequent sanctions. Mrs. Bush chooses "The Grand Inquisitor," a passage from The Brothers Karamazov as her text of choice.

The Salon piece is a recent addition to the original scene, so I recommend looking over the original scene from The Nation first, then check out the addition, then, if you really are feeling it, go on to the review of Monday's performance here. The review even has the bonus of links to both the Boston Globe and the New York Post trashing the piece, as apparently in their opinion, Laura Bush must never be touched.

I'm casting my own vote for Kushner.