←Recommendations of The Presidential Chili Cook Off

  • Daniel Prillaman: The Presidential Chili Cook Off by Scott Sickles
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    Is it possible to feel a nostalgia for Watergate? Maybe it's the fact that I wasn't alive then, and it represented a time when over-the-top crookery and scandal seemed more...[insert desired word here]. It also could be the fact that Sickles' play is straight up one of the most goddamn funny plays I've ever read. Seriously. Stop whatever you're doing and read this now. The hilarious riffing on iconic moments from Pakula's "All the President's Men" is just the start, as we remember what's really at stake inside the funny, and how far we have to go.

    Is it possible to feel a nostalgia for Watergate? Maybe it's the fact that I wasn't alive then, and it represented a time when over-the-top crookery and scandal seemed more...[insert desired word here]. It also could be the fact that Sickles' play is straight up one of the most goddamn funny plays I've ever read. Seriously. Stop whatever you're doing and read this now. The hilarious riffing on iconic moments from Pakula's "All the President's Men" is just the start, as we remember what's really at stake inside the funny, and how far we have to go.

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  • Adam Richter: The Presidential Chili Cook Off by Scott Sickles
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    Not every news story is the next Watergate, but sometimes — just sometimes — it is. Scott Sickles' satire lampoons small-town scandal without diminishing its importance. I really liked how Scott presented both the contest women and the reporter covering the story with both humor and heart. Great job!

    Not every news story is the next Watergate, but sometimes — just sometimes — it is. Scott Sickles' satire lampoons small-town scandal without diminishing its importance. I really liked how Scott presented both the contest women and the reporter covering the story with both humor and heart. Great job!

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  • Emily McClain: The Presidential Chili Cook Off by Scott Sickles
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    The stakes could not be higher for the women in the Klonopinto County Annual Chili Cook Off and something smells worse than rancid canned chili. Thank goodness for intrepid reporting and journalistic integrity to uncover the ugly truth. Scott Sickles provides a true cautionary tale for our times in this one act play, reminding us all of the importance of specific emoji selection in Venmo payments. Satire mixed with political thriller-- it's all I wanted for Christmas! Thank you, Scott!

    The stakes could not be higher for the women in the Klonopinto County Annual Chili Cook Off and something smells worse than rancid canned chili. Thank goodness for intrepid reporting and journalistic integrity to uncover the ugly truth. Scott Sickles provides a true cautionary tale for our times in this one act play, reminding us all of the importance of specific emoji selection in Venmo payments. Satire mixed with political thriller-- it's all I wanted for Christmas! Thank you, Scott!

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