Playwright Jeff Good has imagined the reactions of the eight airborne, antlered couriers if Santa were a rather randy fellow and if Mrs. Claus was known for having a few too many cups of eggnog at holiday time.
Told in a series of monologues, what would seem like a one-note joke is actually a brilliant satire of gender and sexual politics in contemporary America, filled with penetrating humor. Each of the reindeer represents a societal archetype.
Scandal erupts at the North Pole. As mass media descends upon the event, the other members of the sleigh team demand to share their perspectives, and a horrific tale of corruption and perversion emerges, which seems to implicate everyone from the littlest elf to the tainted Saint himself.
Some of the deer support him, whilst others want to bring him down, at the cost of destroying Christmas altogether. With each deer's confession, the truth behind the shocking allegations becomes clearer and clearer...and murkier and murkier. |
