The Extremists

<p>Spin or fact? Theater or reality? A biting, original political satire that challenges audiences of any political affiliation, THE EXTREMISTS is a labyrinth of wordplay and mind games in which a television talk-show host and his guest, author of a book about terrorism, get lost in their own doublespeak ... or are they really double-agents, subversively reprogramming our sound-byte-saturated minds? &quot;It&#39;s Samuel Beckett meets Larry King in this new play by CJ Hopkins. When an expert on terrorism appears on a T V talk show, the conversation becomes a perverse satirical rant on the increasing alienation of the individual in the modern world ... A dark satire that playfully mocks the essential absurdity of the talking-head culture ... taking on big issues like the loss of individualism and the looming apocalypse ... smartly written ...&quot; -Atlanta Journal Constitution &quot;The audience never tunes out while watching THE EXTREMISTS ... At first we sit back and laugh at the doublespeak as CJ Hopkins&#39;s media satire takes potshots at some easy targets. By the end, we find ourselves squirming as if we&#39;re the ones in the hot seat, mentally justifying our own choices and behaviors ... After a stealthy first half, the production confronts the viewers like it&#39;s a merciless Jon Stewart and we&#39;re a hapless Jim Cramer ... The play doesn&#39;t just target conservatives, but implies that the entire political process is a corrupt means for national and global dominance.&quot; -Creative Loafing (Atlanta) &quot;The word &#39;insane&#39; is one of the most frequently heard words on the stage ... It describes the evening very well ... THE EXTREMISTS begins as harmless media satire, a conversation in which the host and the invited expert toss empty phrases back and forth ... Hopkins builds a construct of ideas out of their rhetoric, until everything revolves around one thing: What is the truth for the good guys, and what is it for the bad guys? ... What is the reality? ... Intellectual theater in the truest sense.&quot; -Der Tagesspiegel (Berlin) &quot;A gripping satire, which spills into sinister weirdness.&quot; -Die Tageszeitung (Berlin)</p>