Memphis Flyer, September 31 - October 6, 2004

Best of Memphis 2004: Staffpicks '04
Best Anti-War Theater

by STAFF

Goodtime Speech by Memphis playwright Randy Wayne Youngblood, directed by Alex Cooke and presented by Our Own Voice Theatre Company. Here's what the Flyer had to say about Youngblood's play: "[In Goodtime Speech], we are presented with a topsy-turvy world where the irrational is rational, where patriotic songs fill the void created by death, where families mourn and politicians celebrate. One often-repeated line: 'I had to put the flag in the washing machine to get all the dirt out of it.' That just about says it all." And it just about does.