"George Kaplan" is a beautifully realized drama with comedic elements by Frédéric Sonntag, translated into North American English by Samuel Buggeln. The viewer will laugh but will also be brought to gently encounter deeper and possibly disturbing questions about our political and cultural perceptions. Questions such as What is the nature of a surveillance culture? How do fiction and disinformation relate to the perception of reality? Does myth lead to conspiracy theories? Who is manipulating us, and for what purpose? Does any of it matter in the whole scheme of things?
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There’s certainly humor in “George Kaplan,” but it’s often dark. Two of the scenes are explicitly violent…. If I were to guess the point of “George Kaplan,” I would say that it’s an attempted critique of the cynical use of invented narratives in modern politics and culture…. I’m afraid I reached my fill of the surreal, obscure proceedings quite some time before the third and final nightmarish ending.
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"The show and the cast are consistently funny...and the production's moments of tension and eruptions of genuine anger gain by the contrast. Smart, silly, and stimulating, 'George Kaplan' creates a consummate myth for our time."
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