Barnard Artists Explore Timely Truths in Sinclair Lewis’ 1935 Novel
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about Lewis and Thompson, scheduled for release in 2019. Zagar says he hadn’t read any of Lewis’ work before Donald Trump won the presidency. “It was striking to me,” he comments. “It seemed like there were a lot of similarities between then and now in terms of the populist messages. There were echoes of Bernie [Sanders] and Trump … It seems like Western democracy is under constant threat from would-be dictators and fascists and lazy liberals who don’t do enough.” The novel recounts journalist Doremus Jessup’s struggle against the totalitarian regime of Berzelius “Buzz” BARNARTS CENTER FOR T EO ZAGAR Windrip, a politician who THE ARTS is staging a play rose to power by promisbased on Lewis’ book from June 16 through July 1 as part ing economic and social reform, as of the Feast & Field Market celebra- well as a return to traditional values. tion. Slovenian-born, Barnard-based It condemns fascists and liberals alike filmmaker TEO ZAGAR of LONGSHOT — at least those who fail to grasp the implications of unfolding events. PRODUCTIONS will use footage from the play in a documentary he’s making In 2016, BarnArts agreed to
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fter the 2016 elections, Sinclair Lewis’ 1935 novel, It Can’t Happen Here, along with other dystopian, anti-fascist writings, sold out on Amazon. While readers nationwide were diving back into the disturbing story, Vermonters in Barnard were recognizing their own connection to the book. It Can’t Happen Here was written in Barnard, where Lewis and his wife, acclaimed journalist Dorothy Thompson, spent their summers. Their history in the town has prompted two new and interconnected projects about the novel and the couple.
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