RT BadEmpanada: Americans invade your country, destroy it, massacre your compatriots, murder your family, imprison you, torture you, then they make a musical about it
@tiago It's certainly not like most Americans are in favor of the various wars our country has engaged in for ~93% of our its existence. I suspect the musical is a way to bring the bad behavior to light in a way that is more approachable for most audiences than watching straight up gore and snuff.
Similar to the Shen Yun performances made by the Falung Gong victims of the CCP, I suspect this is a group of people unhappy with the status quo and trying to spread the word.
Of course, since the playwrights can be viewed as "on the side of" America it can certainly come across as satirical or dismissive of the awful things that have perpetrated, but due to the highly polarized political climate, and the fact that most artistic people are very left leaning, I suspect it is moreso the case I originally described.
@johnabs That's the point of that tweet. The US commits attrocities and then gets to absolve itself in the shallowest possible way.
Like it or not, these attrocities are committed in the name of the American people. They don't support them, supposedly, but keep electing governments that enact them.
You can't have your cake and eat it too.