It's about when all the planes were grounded on 9/11, and thousands of people had to land in a small newfie town called Gander, Newfoundland.
I came fully prepared for at least a line or two of propaganda to push the official narrative, but surprisingly the play steered totally clear of the politics or details. Just about human beings, how we reacted in general, and being stuck on a plane for 28 hours without explanation only to be sheltered after by a buncha friendly weirdos lol. Nicely done.
There was some about an Egyptian character who instantly was received by many (americans) as suspicious etc though he was just a dude from Egypt. He gets detained just for being middle eastern, and a full strip search (no nudity on stage, lol was just implied) which really bothers him as a married/muslim man. But that's about political as it got. However there was a line near the end where a character from NY finally goes back home and comments how weird it was that even after 5-6 days or whatever Ground Zero was still burning hot. I wonder why the writer/director chose to keep that line in.
Fuckin Newfies lol
