Andrew Jackson Roasted
Bloody Bloody Andrew Jackson is one of the newest shows in the off-Broadway world and it’s also one of the most unusual. It is a concert version of the life of Andrew Jackson, president of the US back in the 1830s. He is regarded as a strong president, but also a scourge for lots of people in the world. This production does an interesting job of battling out against the character, who seems to be reduced to a caricature of a person. He acts a lot like the way that American culture expects a hero to be, only weak in a way that we can accept and otherwise always virtuous. It’s a tough character to portray, but the creators clearly don’t like him at all, showing this with the costuming and sets that make it seem that he lives in a ridiculous world. A caricature of the world of the pioneers. Check out the full review!
