Theater
July, 1974
Straight from prison comes Short Eyes, a strong, sobering look at the airless world of inmates. Written by Miguel Piñero, an ex-con turned playwright, it is a damning indictment of the prison system. That dehumanizing system, with all its multiethnic levels of discrimination, is scrutinized with mordant (and ribald) humor by the playwright (and Piñero is a real playwright). The title is prison slang for a child molester--an outcast among outcasts. An accused short eyes is placed in a house of de...
