POUTICAL THEATER

A new Second City show puts campaign season in the hot seat.

MATT POLLOCK

You don’t have to be an election junkie to know there is no richer fodder for satire. That’s the conceit behind Unelectable You, , a new show created by a team of Second City and Slate writers that skewers generations of American presidential campaigns, including the current one. “I hate it when political comedy comes from a place of naivety,” says Second City scribe Steve Waltien, explaining why he enlisted the online magazine to help turn news stories into sketches. Here, Waltien and director Matt Hovde show how their process works, spinning three political speeches provided by Chicago into potential skits.…

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Chicago (Digital) - 1 Issue, July 2016

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