It is not likely when you attend a performance of “Hamlet” that you wonder why the Bard’s characters aren’t speaking Danish. It is likely you will wonder why the characters typing away on computers in Russia, trying to disseminate false information to influence the 2016 U.S. presidential election, are speaking English, and sound and act just like Americans.
Sarah Gancher’s play “Russian Troll Farm: A Workplace Comedy” opened Thursday at the Vineyard Theatre.
Before we get to what’s wrong with Russian characters sounding as if they lived and worked in Illinois, let’s tackle that word “comedy” in the play’s title.
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