Red Scare On Sunset
by Charles Busch

Name: Red Scare On Sunset
Brand: Charles Busch
SKU: 9780573692963
Rating: 3.48 (25 reviews)

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Medium Cast

Female

Male

120 minsAmerican Comedy

What readers are saying

Readers have mixed feelings about the play. While some appreciate the humorous elements and find it entertaining, others criticize it for being overly campy and lacking depth in its commentary on Hollywood blacklisting.

Fun and entertainingGreat titleEnjoyable humorBroad humor styleCampy and lacking depth

Synopsis

The time: the fifties; the place: Hollywood, where film star Mary Dale finds the Red Menace invading her own Beverly Hills backyard.

When she discovers that her husband has been lured into the local Communist party by way of a method acting class and that there is a left wing plot afoot to abolish the star system, Mary wages a private war to save her husband, her country and billing over the title.

The McCarthy era is turned on its head in this novel take on a serious subject.

ThemesPS3552.U813 R4 1991