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Theater review: ‘Too Big to Fail’ July 9, 2009

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Lance Iverson/The Chronicle

Disclaimer: I have not seen this musical comedy play about a family trying to cancel their rising debt. But I love the intent of the play when Robert says,

It’s all as entertaining as it is didactic. Sullivan is disarmingly open about his intentions, but he also doesn’t pretend to have all the answers. He’s more intent on getting us to question the fundamentals of a system dependent on citizens “living and dying in debt.”

That is a great fundamental question. It is similar to our question, “What happens to an economic system that God considers foolish?“ A system dependent on people “living and dying in debt” is a system wrought with corruption, instability, and slavery.

So, if I was in CA I would like to go see this play and to see if it goes far enough to raise the level of discussion about the negative effects of our current economic system based on debt, overspending, and consumerism.

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