'1984' on Broadway is making people sick. Literally.
No one who read 1984 in high school would mistake it for a walk in the park.
So it's no surprise that a Broadway adaptation of the newly-relevant work (Hello, alternative facts!) is provoking some seriously strong reactions in audience members. They include, if you believe this week's headlines, "vomiting," "fighting," and "fainting," per the Washington Post. (Shortly before opening night, producers instituted a new policy — children under 13 aren't admitted.)
The biggest culprit seems to be the ending scene where — spoiler alert for a book written in 1949 —young independent thinker Smith (Tom Sturridge) is detained and taken to a creepy all-white room where he is heavily tortured until his anti-Big Brother spirit breaks. Read more...
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'1984' on Broadway is making people sick. Literally.
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