The Great Tinsel War of 1979

Ten Minutes
A look at one of history's most overlooked conflicts.

Ten Minutes
A look at one of history's most overlooked conflicts.

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The Great Tinsel War of 1979

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  • Melissa Schmitz: The Great Tinsel War of 1979

    Hilarious from start to finish. Soucy expertly captures the realism and absurdity of holiday fights and family feuds in this delightful 10-minute romp.

    Hilarious from start to finish. Soucy expertly captures the realism and absurdity of holiday fights and family feuds in this delightful 10-minute romp.

  • Jacquelyn Floyd-Priskorn: The Great Tinsel War of 1979

    Ah, the petty arguments in couplehoods that truly feel like battles! There's is much to relate to in this over the top war documentary about holiday traditions and compromise in new families. Very funny and a perfect piece for a short play festival for the holidays!

    Ah, the petty arguments in couplehoods that truly feel like battles! There's is much to relate to in this over the top war documentary about holiday traditions and compromise in new families. Very funny and a perfect piece for a short play festival for the holidays!

  • Michael C. O'Day: The Great Tinsel War of 1979

    For those of us of A Certain Age, simply remembering that tinsel was a Thing - a bizarre, trashy, family conflict-spawning Thing - provides entertainment enough. But Soucy is up to something much sneakier and more ambitious, exploring how the most trivial moments of the past can have unimaginable consequences at both the micro and macro levels. (The reveal of why future academics would study this domestic spat, done as a deliberately anti-climactic aside on the last page, is horrifying in its hilarity.) I'd say to make this short play a Yuletide tradition, but those can always backfire...

    For those of us of A Certain Age, simply remembering that tinsel was a Thing - a bizarre, trashy, family conflict-spawning Thing - provides entertainment enough. But Soucy is up to something much sneakier and more ambitious, exploring how the most trivial moments of the past can have unimaginable consequences at both the micro and macro levels. (The reveal of why future academics would study this domestic spat, done as a deliberately anti-climactic aside on the last page, is horrifying in its hilarity.) I'd say to make this short play a Yuletide tradition, but those can always backfire...

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