For those of us who don't have friends and loved ones serving in Iraq or Afghanistan, the war is a distant, remote thing. We may feel outrage and sorrow, but those feelings lack the depth of a personal involvement - like the difference between two-dimensional and three-dimensional.
Margo Sherman, one of the initial lead performers of the Bread & Puppet Theater, attempts to give us that depth of feeling with her one-woman show "What Do I Know About War?" Based on the actual letters of servicemen in Iraq, the show has been hailed by the New York Times as "brilliant" and "like eaves-dropping on a small, sorrowful town."
See for yourself. Sherman is performing her show in Brattleboro this Wednesday at The Tinderbox, 17 Elliot St., at 8 p.m. Tickets are $7. For information, visit www.myspace.com/thetinderbox.