Bücher von Gil Kofman

An emigration interview grows darkly menacing as it turns into an interrogation by government bureaucrats."Throughout history words have been man's most eloquent and efficient tool of progress. Words have transported the knowledge that has set men free; they have framed concepts of liberty and propelled righteous revolutions. The pen may be mightier than the sword, but, like a blade, it cuts both ways. Tyrants, too, have used words to perfume their evil intentions. Recall Adolph Hitler's fiery speeches that held Germany enraptured and led the world toward horror and destruction. In a dramatic demonstration of this power, INTERVIEW/ENTREVISTA illuminates oppression with the same weapons used by the play's government-sanctioned thugs - words. 'They use language as a form of torture,' says Jonathan Moscone, who directs the play for the Dallas Theater Center's Big D Festival of the Unexpected, 'There's no physical violence, no guns in this play, but ultimately there's a real brutality. Playwright Gil Kofman uses the language itself to create a visceral experience. The action of the play moves as quickly and intricately as the mind does.'" -Joy Dickinson, Dallas Morning News"Gil Kofman's INTERVIEW/ENTREVISTA examines a grueling and mischievous interrogation of a Latina, who's seeking her emigré brother, by two bureaucrats from some unnamed government agency." -Steven Mikulan, L A Weekly

A renegade investigation of endangered post-September 11 civil liberties."... Kofman's renegade investigation of endangered post-September 11 civil liberties ... Kofman's profanity-laced voice is didactic, but it's purposeful didacticism, unrepentant and self-assured ... Kofman's ferocity is frequently hysterical and finally unsettling. AMERICAN MAGIC ... casts a lingering spell." -David C Nichols, Los Angeles Times"... a smart production ... something between Richard Foreman's Ontological-Hysteric Theater and an extended Saturday Night Live skit." -New York Times"... With his cerebral and absurdist script, Kofman interrogates the assumption of the Patriot Act: that increased security must come at the expense of civil liberties. The play addresses the converse ¿ illustrating that the sacrifice of civil liberties does not necessarily bring safety, and may, in fact, create an apocalyptic climate of fear and violence ... AMERICAN MAGIC has its moments of black humor and scathing political critique ..." -Nicole Citron, Show Business"Gil Kofman's new farce, AMERICAN MAGIC, has the look and feel of kinky political satire. Not only is this tweaked fable a refreshing antidote to all the post-9/11 paranoia we've been tube-fed by the government and media, it also exhibits a sexy chaos not often glimpsed onstage ..." -L A Weekly