Cargo cult: A religious practice focused on obtaining the wealth, the power, and the goods of another culture through rituals and magical thinking. One still remains on a remote island in the South Pacific. Another still struggles to hold on at our own doorstep. Which can survive longer? Through Mike Daisey’s searing comic lens, the source of America’s financial crisis and the faith of a group of islanders in the Vanuatu Islands don’t look as different as you’d expect.
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