I'm going To Kill The President: A Federal Offense
By: Hieronymuos Bang.
This play was given the best reviews.........................................................
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LA WEEKLY
JANUARY 6 - 12, 2006
Zeitlist: Culture
Theater 2005
The year of indignant irony and bloody machinations
by STEVEN LEIGH MORRIS
1. “I'm Gonna Kill the President!”: A Federal Offense The
writers' and actors' names were blacked out in the program, for security reasons.
The audience was told to meet at a secret place, where it was ushered, in small
groups, to a secret location (a makeshift bar) for this political parody. Some
audience member loaned his cell phone to an actor, who called the White House
while the crowd chanted the name of the play. Minutes later, either the LAPD
or perfect actors in perfect costumes busted in, asking for everybody's ID.
National Security. Terrifying. People were calling their lawyers from their
cells. Didn't you know you're supposed to carry ID everywhere you go? The next
day, the Weekly and the Times got e-mails urging them to
publicize the “story” of the show that got busted. After following up with
the police, the Times reported that the LAPD had no knowledge of any
theater bust that night, and thereby killed the joke, and the show's point.
Nice work, fellas.
Marlene and Ed from
the Wild Bunch were in this play as uniform cops.