Geroge Orwell’s legendary book, “1984“, was not in any way meant to be a prediction of our future, yet that’s exactly what appears to have happened. And now that there’s a Broadway play which follows the events in the book closely, many are finding it difficult to stomach.

Since it’s become clear to most of us that we live in a society dominated by government interference in every aspect of our lives, the book is regaining popularity. Set in a dystopian future (kind of like now; the book was written in 1949) it is meant to warn and educate the reader on the dangers of government. Orwell creates a technologically advanced world in which fear is used as a tool for manipulating, controlling, and brainwashing individuals who do not conform to the prevailing political orthodoxy, and the Broadway play is no different.

Directed by Robert Icke and Duncan Macmillan, the staging features disorienting flourishes like strobe lights and jackhammer sound effects. The play also includes the gruesome torture scenes taken directly from the source material, Orwell’s book. One New York Times theater critic practically required a fainting couch.

Though I usually don’t provide trigger warnings in my reviews, I feel obliged to do so here. The interrogations that Winston undergoes in the play’s second half are graphic enough to verge on torture porn.

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