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In the new off-Broadway play\u00a0Heroes of the Fourth Is\u00a0Heroes<\/em>\u00a0a zoological exhibit for And if so, does the play itself recognize the nature of the Links<\/strong><\/p>\n Heroes of the Fourth Turning\u00a0https:\/\/www.playwrightshorizons.org\/shows\/plays\/heroes-fourth-turning\/<\/a><\/p>\n C. C. Pecknold\u2019s review:\u00a0https:\/\/catholicherald.co.uk\/commentandblogs\/2019\/10\/01\/an-extraordinary-play-that-challenges-progressives-and-conservatives-alike\/<\/a><\/p>\n Rod Dreher\u2019s commentary:\u00a0https:\/\/www.theamericanconservative.com\/dreher-tags\/heroes-of-the-fourth-turning\/<\/a><\/p>\n Theme music: \u201cFranciscan Eyes\u201d, written and performed by This podcast is a production of CatholicCulture.org. If you
\nTurning<\/em>, playwright Will Arbery (son of two Wyoming Catholic
\nCollege professors) offers a nuanced, accurate portrayal of the way
\nconservatives talk to each other when progressives aren\u2019t around.
\nThe characters are instantly recognizable to anyone who has spent
\ntime among well-educated Catholic conservatives. The play has
\nattracted positive attention from both secular and Catholic
\nmedia.<\/p>\n
\nprogressives to gape at, or something deeper? Is it ultimately more
\nunsettling to a perceptive Catholic viewer, for whom Arbery\u2019s
\ntroubled characters might function as an indictment of a Catholic
\nconservatism that can be focused more on ideas and temporal
\nconcerns than on the reality of Christ?<\/p>\n
\nproblem? That is, does it deal substantively with its characters\u2019
\nCatholicism, or, like some of those characters, does it merely use
\ncertain Catholic ideas in the service of temporal political
\ndebates? Having seen\u00a0Heroes of the Fourth Turning<\/em>,
\nThomas Mirus and James Majewski discuss.<\/p>\n
\nThomas Mirus.<\/em><\/p>\n
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