Facing the Real Monsters in 'King Kong' - A new satire wrestles with the controversial 1933 classic
A new satire wrestles with the controversial 1933 classic---While writing The Making of King Kong, Lisa Clair almost abandoned the project. "It is too big, it is too scary," the recent graduate of Brooklyn College's playwriting program recalls thinking. She wasn't frightened of the oversize title ape; she was wary of the piece's giant themes: racism and sexism. The 1933 King Kong film is now understood as a coded exp…