Emily Van Duyn’s study of a group of liberal women in rural Texas is thought-provoking reading for the holiday period
In 2015, Saturday Night Live spoofed the rancorous political arguments besieging American social life.
Cast members seated around a dining table to celebrate Thanksgiving passed the side dishes and threw invective. The verbal heat rose and rose until a young girl pressed play on a cassette player and the Adele song Hello washed over the room. The combatants instantly ceased fire and began lip-synching the lyrics. Their rapture escalated until they physically entered a re-creation of the music video.
