EPISODE · Sep 26, 2012 · 3 MIN
<em>Detroit</em> as a Metaphor for Declining Middle Class
from Around Broadway · host WQXR
The title of Lisa D’Amour’s play is Detroit, but the action doesn’t take place there – or at least not necessarily. However, an American city struggling with an economic downturn, drifting mostly helplessly in the current of shifting fortunes, makes an apt metaphor for individual Americans struggling with uncontrollable economic forces, too.
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The title of Lisa D’Amour’s play is Detroit, but the action doesn’t take place there – or at least not necessarily. However, an American city struggling with an economic downturn, drifting mostly helplessly in the current of shifting fortunes, makes an apt metaphor for individual Americans struggling with uncontrollable economic forces, too.
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