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Death of an Anarchist Response
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Accidental Death of an Anarchist Comedic plays are able to make some loud messages while avoiding being too serious. In fact, comedic plays are said to have made the loudest messages out of all genres in theatre. One fine example of a play like this is Accidental Death of an Anarchist. Written by Dario Fo, this comedic farce takes pokes at the governmental system and how police deal with criminals. It was originally performed on December 5th, 1970, but it’s been rewritten twice since then so the dialogue would have more to do with the politics in the time in which the play is performed. The whole play revolves around the Fool, who is the main character. He is a deceptively smart psychopath that can pretend to be of any occupation. The play takes place in a Roman police station during the ‘70’s. When we first meet the Fool, he’s being interrogated by Inspector Bertozzo. During this part of the play, we learn about the Fool’s background. After the Bertozzo leaves, the Fool assumes the identity of a judge that’s supposed to be helping the Captain and Chief of the station deal with a report on how an anarchist jumped out of the fourth floor window. During their discussion, a reporter comes in to interview the Captain and Chief on what happened to the anarchist that jumped out of the window. The Fool then changes his occupational identity again so any misleading information can be discredited. During the interview the report of what happened to that anarchist gets fumbled around more than it already is, and then Bertozzo enters in the middle of the interview. For the rest of the interview, the Fool, Chief, and Captain are trying to keep Bertozzo from exposing the Fool’s true identity during this interview. By the end of the interview, Bertozzo exposes the Fool and then the Captain and Chief feel dumbfounded and the Fool jumps out the window like a true anarchist. The intention of Fo in writing this play was to portray how the government keeps its power, and how the police deals with criminals (mainly anarchists).
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