In Conflict
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Opened Sep 24, 2008
Closed Nov 16, 2008
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In Conflict captures the unheard voices and unpredictable experiences of 17 Iraq War veterans whose lives have been changed forever. Featuring men and women from all branches and ranks, Republican and Democrat, straight and gay, immigrants and natives, hailing from all parts of the country, these remarkable veterans represent America and its complexity. In Conflict answers the question so often asked of soldiers when they return home: What happened? Their honest answers and unbelievable accounts will change the way we think about war.
Following Culture Project's critically acclaimed World Premiere of George Packer's Betrayed, In Conflict explores the Iraq War from the American perspective and asks a different set of questions. What is the nature of patriotism and service in today's America? With an all volunteer army fighting a bewildering conflict (with doubts about the necessity and mission of this particular war), why is the re-assimilation process as brutal as it is? And why are these young soldiers essentially disenfranchised from the political process of war?
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The problem with In Conflict, now being presented by the Culture Project at the Barrow Street Theatre, is that while it can be powerful from time to time, the effectiveness of this potentially strong piece is largely and consistently undermined as the result of well-intentioned adapter Douglas C. Wager's choices in his double capacity as director.
Based on Yvonne Latty's In Conflict: Iraq War Veterans Speak Out on Duty, Loss, and the Fight to Stay Alive, the play is essentially a series of verbatim testimonies adding up to an argument for post-traumatic stress syndrome being indisputably epidemic. Sixteen officers and enlisted men talk with candor and glints of heroism about their experi[...]