Mike Daisey is giving the audience members his pay during the run of The Last Cargo Cult at the Public...literally giving them cash in different denominations that they can chose to keep or return at the end of the show. He will tally the results up and write about it later. This highlights his theme: our relationship to money.Read more here:
http://nymag.com/daily/entertainment/2009/12/hows_giving_away_all_your_mone.html
I saw a workshop version of The Last Cargo Cult in LA and thought it was incredibly thought provoking. Mr. Daisey was performing the completed version in Seattle when we were there on tour, but we couldn't make it (much to my disappointment).
In this monologue, Mr. Daisey chronicles his journey to a remote South Pacific Island, Tanna - previously occupied during WWII, where they hold an annual festival to worship American consumerism. He contrasts this with an examination of the financial collapse. What emerges is a thoughtful examination of our deeper values.
You can hear audio clips here: http://www.publictheater.org/component/option,com_shows/task,view/Itemid,141/id,991
http://nymag.com/daily/entertainment/2009/12/hows_giving_away_all_your_mone.html
I saw a workshop version of The Last Cargo Cult in LA and thought it was incredibly thought provoking. Mr. Daisey was performing the completed version in Seattle when we were there on tour, but we couldn't make it (much to my disappointment).
In this monologue, Mr. Daisey chronicles his journey to a remote South Pacific Island, Tanna - previously occupied during WWII, where they hold an annual festival to worship American consumerism. He contrasts this with an examination of the financial collapse. What emerges is a thoughtful examination of our deeper values.
You can hear audio clips here: http://www.publictheater.org/component/option,com_shows/task,view/Itemid,141/id,991
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