Valparaiso October 29, 2010

America is a culture obsessed with reality television, where every average Joe has potential for instantaneous stardom. See how sudden fame can overtake someone in 'Valparaiso,' by Don DeLillo, presented in the Mitchell Theatre at the University of Wisconsin's University Theatre. The story introduces us to an ordinary businessman who sets off on a routine business trip to Valparaiso, Indiana, and ends up in Valparaiso, Chile. This unusual mistake propels him into an extraordinary adventure of stardom. Suddenly, the media wants to know every detail of his journey. As the media digs, we find that perhaps there is more to his life story. Nothing is allowed to be unseen. Nothing remains unsaid. And everything melts repeatedly into something else, as if driven by the finger on the TV remote.