What happened to Gary, Indiana? It seems to be alive, or maybe just undead. Patterson holds Michael Jackson hostage in their shared (ghost) hometown in this experimental-documentary-as-biographical-performance. Potentially forever.
Gary, Indiana is transformed, in the early 1900s, from sand dunes to the home of a major steel mill and booming community. However, by the end of the century, Gary is transformed into a ghost town. The city's most famous native son, Michael Jackson, arrives with a performance of Gary's consequences.—Monte Patterson
