|
George and Martha meet in a seedy motel
room on the night before the Republican National Convention.
Their affair goes way back, before George stole the election,
before Martha built an empire on fascist domesticity. As usual,
George numbs his pain over waging perpetual war with cocaine
and the promise of kinky sex. Martha is forced to take a long
view of her life as she suffers the public humiliation of
corporate scandal, on the brink of going to prison. Written
in the style of Albee’s “Who’s Afraid of
Virginia Woolf,” George & Martha is Karen
Finley’s most scandalous work to date, a hilarious satire
that takes a radical stand on political power, psychosexual
relations between men and women, and the current state of
affairs.
Lavishly illustrated with drawings by
the author.
Karen Finley has performed
and exhibited her artwork at cultural centers and universities
worldwide. Her books includes Shock Treatment, A Different
Kind of Intimacy, Enough Is Enough and Living It
Up. She teaches Art and Public Policy at Tisch School
of the Arts, New York University.
|
