![]() ![]() For an artist who has speculated that he is on the mild end of the autism spectrum, this preoccupation with connection has both personal and ideological resonance. He explains that we lose cerebral synapses after infancy and wonders whether we just plateau into stupidity or if the connections that start within us extend outward between us. ![]() Like the upside-down poster lettering of the word “Utopia,” the production is tensely, tentatively optimistic - the implicit message being that America remains deeply, spasmodically screwed up, but that its better nature, its innocence, still pulses.īyrne begins Spalding Gray-ishly, sitting behind a desk and holding the model of a brain. The work is political without stridency, with Byrne celebrating the cast’s immigrant origins, urging the audience to vote, and pulling in “Hell You Talmbout,” Janelle Monae’s protest song against racist and police violence. The Broadway show has 21 tracks at 90 minutes, wrapping in decades of hits and lesser-known tunes from Talking Heads and solo projects. That included 10 tracks lasting shy of 40 minutes. In the midst of a pandemic, inviting him into our space - or being invited into his - is exactly the therapy the world needs.Īmerican Utopia is Spike Lee’s film of Byrne’s 2019 Broadway show, which was itself derived from a concert tour off his 2018 album. ![]() David Byrne’s artistry has always had a living-room intimacy, reflected in the delightful cover photos of the 1982 double-live album The Name of This Band Is the Talking Heads. ![]()
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