6/7/2023 0 Comments The manchurian candidate bookAlthough this “Manchurian Candidate” begins in bold Kabuki style, with extras assembled ceremonially in black kimono robes, director Jules Aaron and company gradually lose confidence in such theatrical storytelling. ![]() West Coast Ensemble’s production can’t make up its mind. Is it Richard Condon’s 1959 novel that satirized Cold War hysteria? Is it John Frankenheimer’s 1962 chilling film version that eerily prophesied the Kennedy assassination? Or is it John Lahr’s 1991 stage adaptation blending fiction and screenplay into a cautionary fable about media manipulation? ![]() ![]() Similar to its brain-washed Korean War veterans, “The Manchurian Candidate” suffers from an identity crisis.
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