by Samuel L. Leiter In a script note for his stumbling satire on our racist history, The American Tradition, Ray Yamanouchi asks directors to “utilize verfremdungseffekt (alienation),” by which he means Bertolt Brecht’s theory that calls for production methods designed to insure that the audience is thinking about what […]
Review by Samuel L. Leiter. Staged in the cramped 13th Street Repertory Company, The American Tradition has a rather far-fetched premise.












