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A review by jlennidorner
It's illegal, but it's Okay: The adventures of a Brazilian alien in New York City by Emilio Boechat
4.0
The author states in the introduction that "the people who lived in New York could be so rude sometimes even when they were trying to be polite." Which, I feel, is an accurate summary with which anyone who has spent more than a week's time in NYC will agree.
Fagner faces various problems while living illegally in NYC. His downward spiral into crime is presented with varying degrees of humor as the play goes on.
There are so many social issues brought up in this that it's difficult to keep track. An excellent philosophical discussion could (and should) be held after concluding this.
The second character, a color-blind man from Iran named Oman, is a Catholic Republican who doesn't look or sound like a "white American," which is the source of most of his problems in the script. Anyone who has ever been mistaken for a culture, nationality, religion, or such to which they do not belong will easily relate. That's what I enjoyed about this.
Fagner faces various problems while living illegally in NYC. His downward spiral into crime is presented with varying degrees of humor as the play goes on.
There are so many social issues brought up in this that it's difficult to keep track. An excellent philosophical discussion could (and should) be held after concluding this.
The second character, a color-blind man from Iran named Oman, is a Catholic Republican who doesn't look or sound like a "white American," which is the source of most of his problems in the script. Anyone who has ever been mistaken for a culture, nationality, religion, or such to which they do not belong will easily relate. That's what I enjoyed about this.