RBG: Of Many, One review – Ruth Bader Ginsburg play is sincere, but slips into triteness
Wharf 1 Theatre, Sydney Theatre Company
Suzie Miller’s play about the US supreme court justice is thoughtful and occasionally frustrating – but it feels like Australia isn’t the true intended audience
Ruth Bader Ginsburg, the second woman ever appointed to the supreme court of the United States, became the memefied face of a certain brand of American feminism during the presidency of Donald Trump. Beatified into a pop-culture symbol, the words and iconography of “the Notorious RBG” broke through the news-noise and resonated with many in the last years of her life. At the 2017 Women’s March on Washington, her likeness was almost as ubiquitous as the pink pussy hats that became a short-lived but popular accessory for the movement. But time moves quickly: Ginsburg, often a lone voice of dissent on that increasingly conservative court, died in 2020.
RBG: Of Many, One – a one-woman play written to honour her life – is a curious next step in Ginsburg’s legacy. The new work is by Suzie Miller, a lawyer-turned-playwright who also wrote Prima Facie, the 2018 play which excoriated the Australian legal system for its handling of sexual assault cases. That play was a hit, touring Australia before transferring to the West End with Killing Eve’s Jodie Comer in the leading role. (It will debut on Broadway next year.)
Law (Australia) | The Guardian
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