Samuel & Alasdair: A Personal History of the Robot War
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CURRENTLY CLOSED
Opened Feb 9, 2012
Closed Feb 18, 2012
Opened Feb 9, 2012
Closed Feb 18, 2012
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In an alternate global history, the cold war was decided not by détente, not by nuclear holocaust, but by massive robot invasion. Among the survivors, a team of Russian radio hosts, warmed to a lost culture of 1950s Americana, broadcast a story of brothers' love drawn straight from the American heartland. Samuel & Alasdair: A Personal History of the Robot War combines 1950s radio drama, vintage country music and Soviet science in a sci-fi surrealist War of the Worlds meets A Prairie Home Companion examination of American nostalgia.
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At just 75 minutes, it feels like there was a lot left out of Samuel & Alasdair: A Personal History of the Robot War, now at the New Ohio Theatre.
Immediately, the audience is thrown into a strange world where the Soviets have emerged the victors of the cold war after a robot uprising sweeps across what used to be the United States. Only faint clues exist of this reality though, and some of the most pertinent information is played as throwaway lines, so be alert.
Even before the lights go down there's plenty to take in. Large boxes with red Russian print line one wall of the theater while another is marked with Soviet slogans and an old coat rack, transporting the whole basement space int[...]