Directors Note

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Satire is a wrapping of exaggeration around a core of reality. - Barbara Tuchman

Satire matters for more than one reason, but its main goal is to raise people’s awareness about the current state of affairs and to challenge their viewpoints by using humor and irony. It helps us confront the unpleasant reality and see the world as it is, so that we can improve it.

Paradoxically, satire often masks in order to unmask. It exaggerates in order to point to the real size of the problems that need to be dealt with. It amuses us, but it also educates us. At its core, Feiffer's People is an exploration of the relationships we have- with ourselves, with others, with our environment, and with the issues we face in our society. We all come together with our own inherent biases, our own value systems and our differing opinions on right and wrong. We try to navigate through a life where it would be easier if everything was black and white when the reality is that most things are varying shades of grey.

" Look- we each have our own way of finding ourselves. Who is to say yours is better than mine?"

Christina Myatt