Video Takes on America's 'Great' Antigay, Sexist, Segregated Past

Donald Trump's slogan "Make America Great Again" implies that things were somehow better in the past, but were they really?

There was a time when women did not have the right to vote, slavery was a booming business, and LGBT people were denied basic human rights. The Up & Down Theatre Company decided to take a satirical sonic trip down memory lane to examine just exactly how "great" America was in the past.

Watch this video for a brief reminder about how not-great things actually used to be.

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