ScotsGay Magazine

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There is a lot in this new play by Nick Salamone. It is 2nd June 2009 and apparently 65 million people have disappeared and President Hilary Clinton is worried. Have they been abducted by aliens? Has the Rapture happened and they have ascended into heaven, as millions of Americans believe will happen? Is Pat Robertson fabricating evidence? Is this a miracle or the work of the devil? Do people want certainty or the truth?

I was among the minority who found this exploration of the manipulation of people and the role played by religion very funny. It was interesting to compare the portrayal of Muslims today with visions of the Antichrist in the past. How people can choose to interpret events in their own way to fit in with their own prejudices. Altogether a good play.

Martin Powell

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