David Byrne's American Utopia

Tasteless. Saw this production on Broadway, but even if one person reads this review I'll be happy. It is a mediocre musical, but what really ticked me off was the "say his name" song. I found this to be incredibly insulting, to be in a room where the majority of the audience are from a socioeconomic background that ensures they will never experience the prejudice of being a marginalized member of society, watching a bunch of Broadway actors singing the names of Black people slain by police cheerfully. This kind of neoliberal pandering is extremely harrowing and seems to serve purely as a vehicle to reinforce a neoliberal grip among the elite who come to watch this show. I am anything but a conservative, but Jesus Christ, this show makes me happy Trump won just so people who would enjoy this production would feel disappointed, finally feeling a correct emotion for supporting a movement that claims to be a savior of the marginalized when in fact it's a production that perpetuates the cycle they are "resisting". This show is actually a testament to how badly our culture has fallen.

David Byrne is a mega genius and this show proves it!

Amazing and uplifting