A proposed musical about John McCain has already been criticized by the late senator's daughter.
“The Ghost of John McCain” takes place shortly after President Donald Trump's death, and depicts the Vietnam War hero's ghost trapped inside President Donald Trump's brain as the former president struggles to win the approval of the Republican establishment. discover what is being done.
The bizarre piece, written by Scott Elmegreen, was read last week at an invite-only table near Times Square, and plans are being made for theaters in New York City.
“I'm not going to watch it. I'm disgusted by the whole concept,” Meghan McCain told the Post. “My father hated musicals. My father liked comedies and old war movies and cowboy movies. I try not to get upset, but I don't even want to watch them because I think they're disgusting.
“How would you feel if you were me?” she continued. “Is your late father dead and living in Trump's brain in the afterlife?” Give her a break. Do you think I would like something like that?
“I want nothing to do with this,” said McCain, 39.
Director Maria Mazor claimed that the play was a “unique psychological exploration of power, rivalry, and the human condition.”
“We're combining McCain's story with Donald Trump's to tell a more theatrical story about ethics and how to live an ethical life in a culture where the cost of victory makes that seem impossible. ,” said Mather, a military veteran. The director was praised for his work on “Fun Home,'' which was made in California. Los Angeles Times 2020.
“This isn't a polemical piece with a one-sided perspective. It's not an anti-Trump screed. It's something we look at more broadly as a society, and it shows how we've changed as a culture. ”
The musical features a Greek choir with notable extras playing Hillary Clinton, the late Trump attorney Roy Cohn, the late Argentine first lady Eva Peron, President Teddy Roosevelt, and Sen. Lindsey Graham. has been done.
Longtime Republican senator John McCain died of brain cancer in 2018.
During his final years in office, he frequently sparred with President Trump, often in very personal ways.
President Trump infamously dismissed McCain's heroic years as a prisoner of war in Vietnam by saying, “I like people who weren't captured.”
Mr. McCain, in turn, frequently criticized Mr. Trump's performance as president.
Just a month before his death, McCain called a sycophantic press conference between Trump and Russian President Vladimir Putin “one of the most shameful performances by an American president in living memory.”
McCain also famously criticized Trump's efforts to repeal Obamacare.
