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Red Herring
Michael Hollinger
Red Scare On Sunset
by Charles Busch
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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
Publication
PublisherSamuel French
Year1991
BindingPaperback
Pages115
PlaceNew York, NY
LanguageEnglish
ISBN-139780573692963
ISBN-100573692963
LCCN91226649
LCCPS3552.U813 R4 1991
DCC812/.54
Red Scare On Sunset is a American comedy play written by Charles Busch and published by Samuel French in New York, NY (1991).
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