Theater Review: Playwright LuisAlfaro's latest Latinx-themed Greek tragedy update, 'Mojada,' reworks 'Medea' around a family of undocumented Mexican immigrants in Queens
, currently receiving its New York City premiere after previous productions in Chicago, Portland and Los Angeles, has been tweaked along the way to complement the locale of every iteration; the play's setting in this rendition is Corona, Queens.
The family are undocumented immigrants from Mexico's Michoacán region who live in fear of being apprehended by ICE. Jason is eager to assimilate and have Acan blend into his new environment, while Medea clings to the old ways, resisting his efforts to Americanize their little boy. Lacking the mythic qualities of its inspiration, this adaptation more often than not comes across as a telenovela, with its most floridly evil character being Pilar, whose interest in the hunky, macho Jason goes far beyond the professional.
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