Myth gifts him two sets of arrows, golden ones that spark desire, leaden ones that infuse disgust. That “inimical to humanity” bit is what she tells him just before she smashes her lips into his. Smart, sexy and not entirely satisfying, Rehana Lew Mirza’s “Hate____,” a production of WP Theater and Colt Coeur, is a political drama gartered and stockinged as a relationship comedy. Layla, a practicing Muslim, attacks Imran’s best-sellers because she believes they rely on ugly assumptions about Islam and feed white Americans’ fears. All six of his books feature male Muslim terrorists, so she figures the odds are pretty good.

Source: New York Times March 14, 2019 01:41 UTC