How the "smoke and mirrors" world of online forums like 4chan allows hate speech to flourish.
, written by Javaad Alipoor and published by Oberon Modern Plays , is a groundbreaking multimedia play that explores the digital radicalization of young men. First premiering at the 2017 Edinburgh Festival Fringe , where it won a Fringe First Award, the show has since toured globally and was even adapted for television by the BBC. The Core Premise: A Crisis of Masculinity The Believers are But Brothers (Oberon Modern P...
The play centers on three main characters—two British Muslim men and one white American—who feel disenfranchised and overlooked in a rapidly changing world. Alipoor argues that this "crisis of masculinity" leaves young men vulnerable to extremist ideologies, whether from or the alt-right . Key themes include: How the "smoke and mirrors" world of online