A homosexual love affair is used as a metaphor for Britain’s bitter submissiveness to USA in foreign politics related issues. Churchill introduces two men: Sam (as in Uncle) and Jack (as in Union). Parallels could be drawn to Bush and Blair. The two men are linked together in subjects such as military-diplomacy, regime changes, election fraud, biological warfare and other political-historic issues. Sam demands a total involvement which Jack (who has left his family to be with his lover) cannot provide. And Jack's qualms surface over carbon emissions which, it is implied, may end the affair. Resembling Pinter in his political plays, Churchill also nails an American ambiguous thinking including manipulation of language. Dramaturgically, the play is constructed by half sentences, broken word-connections and overlapped lines.
”[…] diabolically clever […]” – The Independent / “Caryl Churchill's new play certainly puts an original spin on the "special relationship" […] Having dealt in the past with the politics of sex, Churchill puts the sexuality of politics centre stage […] I love the idea. And Churchill pursues her premise with rigorous logic.” - The Guardian
