Preservation has long been the justification for acts of evil. Preservation of family values. Preservation of the race. Preservation of self. But, Dear Audience, I'm sick of it. I hope beyond hope that we all are.

Self-serving acts are detrimental to humanity as much as they are detrimental to oneself. No one is the exception. We are but a cog in the machine. And we are tasked with breaking that machine or becoming victim to it.

Tonight we laugh in the face of fascism and of the guise of "preservation."
We mock it so that we may overcome it to fight another day.

— Laura Alcalá Baker, Director