Tail! Spin! Reaction

The political satire Tail!Spin! was much more lighthearted than the other shows we saw, although it was just as clever and eye opening. The genius of the performance comes in the script, entirely put together with quotes from disgraced politicians throughout our country. The actors easily manage to make fun of representatives such as Anthony Weiner, Mark Sanford, Larry Craig, and Mark Foley all while using the politician’s own speeches, tweets, text messages, and interviews. I really couldn’t believe what I was watching, as the comedy was so jarring simply because the politicians did not need much help in making themselves look like fools. However, the perfect juxtaposition of their promises to the public and the things that they say, tweet, and text in private left me questioning whether all of our politicians are this disparate between their supposed policies and their actual beliefs. For the most part, I appreciated Tail!Spin! because of its entertainment factor. However, the reason that it works so well is because the politicians portrayed are ultimately making fun of themselves, and that idea makes me pretty scared for our political system.

Tail! Spin!

Sorry for the late post about the performance Tail! Spin!, but my computer was acting weird. I’ll keep this post short, and save the bulk for our new website.

Tail! Spin! is an incredibly hilarious and well thought-out play. It satires the theme of political sex scandals, focusing around the four elected officials Mark Foley, Larry Craig, Mark Sanford, and Anthony Weiner. The outstanding bit about Tail! Spin! is that writer Mario Correa utilizes only the texts, speeches, Tweets, and Facebook messages of these “esteemed” officials. Correa beautifully puts a spin on them, creating a hysterical script. At the end of the play, you cannot help but laugh to yourself thinking, “Did they really say that?” The entire cast only consist of five actors/actresses, the four government officials plus SNL star Rachel Dratch, who acts as the women who were part of the scandals.

Tail! Spin! is an off broadway play, and stays true to the off broadway culture (an obscure theme, performed by a small cast, in a small theater, for a small audience). I do recommend going an seeing it!