THE STORY: In CLUCKS it is later that night and the local rednecks have gathered outside the home of Dr. Kennedy, the black dentist who had the audacity to appear as Rhett Butler. Talk of lynching and fire bombing is rife, but the good ole boys are hilariously inept and Dr. Kennedy, a Vietnam vet, is more than they bargained for—all of which leads to a very funny and most revealing standoff.
First presented by the Actors Theatre of Louisville as part of the 1982 Shorts Festival, the two wildly funny farces comprising this double bill poke outrageous fun at the changing status of race relations in today’s South. The action centers on the annual presentation of “Gone With The Wind” in a small Alabama town and the crisis which erupts when a black dentist is chosen to play Rhett Butler.
Included in the collection
Coup/Clucks.
