Enemy of the People, Reviews of Current Productions of the Play
This review contains some comments about current political figures and issues. The reviewers opinions are not a reflection of mine on the current political matters brought up. What I think about these reviewers’ statements about politics is irrelevant to my purposes here. My purpose it to help you see how a 100 year old (older than that) play can resonate with audiences today and to reveal key themes, ideas at work in the play. You’ll learn about the play by reading these. Offer your views on current political matters and people are quite appropriate to this activity.
The Main Reply directions are provided below the three review links.
Ibsen Wrote ‘An Enemy of the People’ in 1882. Trump Has Made It Popular Again.
Here’s a brief excerpt from the review:
“Why are productions cropping up now? What started as a response to a Trump presidency now seems to speak to our times in many ways, with a plot that intertwines an ethically compromised antihero, political extremism, corruption, environmental activism and a lack of accountability for the destruction of a town.”
When you read “the destruction of a town,” you are thinking about Flint, Michigan . . . and maybe the planet? (Remember the man working at the Flint water treatment plant who tried to tell people the plant wasn’t ready for use of the nature soon to be demanded of it? Remember after failing to get authorities attention, he informed family to not drink the water and all of that.)
By Rachel Shteir March 9, 2018 New York Times
Here’s a link to the article, and I’ve uploaded a Word document of that same article below, in case one or the other doesn’t work.
This review contains some comments about current political figures and issues. The reviewers opinions are not necessarily a reflection of mine on these matters nor am I suggesting they are not. What I think about this reviewers statements about politics is irrelevant to me and my purposes here.
Staging a Water Crisis: ‘An Enemy of the People’ in Flint
Artists from the U.S. and London are adapting Ibsen’s play about a town with poisoned water in a town that is still in the throes of the same issue.
BY Diep Tran
This review contains some comments about current political figures and issues. The reviewers opinions are not necessarily a reflection of mine on these matters nor am I suggesting they are not. What I think about this reviewers statements about politics is irrelevant to me and my purposes here.
For Flint, an 1882 Play About Bad Water Is ‘Exactly What We’re Living’
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Main Reply Directions: As you read these three articles, find two quotes from each article that links ideas presented in the play to our current world. Below each quote, use a sentence or two to explain why you chose the quote, why it fits the assigned activity. That’s it.
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Ibsen Wrote ‘An Enemy of the People’ in 1882. Trump Has Made It Popular Again.
By Rachel Shteir March 9, 2018 New York Times
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Staging a Water Crisis: ‘An Enemy of the People’ in Flint
Artists from the U.S. and London are adapting Ibsen’s play about a town with poisoned water in a town that is still in the throes of the same issue.
BY DIEP TRAN
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For Flint, an 1882 Play About Bad Water Is ‘Exactly What We’re Living’
By Monica Davey (Links to an external site.)
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Jermaine Byrant
Nicole Johnson
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