Hetain Patel: American Man review – dystopia finds itself Trumped

Lilian Baylis theatre, London
Patel’s superhero is back, disguised as a white man, but this show’s commentary on sexism and racism lacks depthHetain Patel’s American Man starts where his earlier solo American Boy ended: with Patel playing the character of “Real-Deal Spidey”, a nerdy young Mexican who uploads videos of himself dressed as Spider-Man. In American Boy, you could see how that costume became an imaginary second skin for a teenager to live in – and l