Fighting Words: When Nancy Met AOC (Review)
metroweekly.comN/A. Despite the show poster’s depiction of Nancy Pelosi (Holland Taylor) and Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez aka “AOC” (Ana Villafañe), Correa suggests in the program notes that the initials go beyond specific individuals.
Instead, they are a study of ideas and ideals.Yet costume designer Myung Chee Ho has adorned Taylor and Villafañe with such similar outfits and make-up as their real-life counterparts that it’s difficult not to believe that we’re witnessing biographical slivers of these two political powerhouses.N/A opens with the 2018 midterm elections.
Bronx-born AOC has just been elected as the U.S. Representative to New York state, the youngest woman elected to congress. It was a win that virtually no one predicted, especially seasoned House Speaker Pelosi.
Meeting in Pelosi’s office for the first time, the pair get off to a rocky start.“Madam Leader… I know he was your friend,” AOC says of Joe Crowley, the Democratic incumbent she defeated. “He was your right-hand man — the guy you wanted to succeed you!
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