. >> if ever there were newspeak. >> if ever there were newspeak it has been coined and perfected bylyanne conway and the entire trump administration. i think people are sort of aware of but they kind of would rather not believe it was that dangerous. >> we destroy the party with tiny secret acts of disobedience. >> reporter: in a way olivia wilde was born to play this role. >> you grew up in a family that would certainly have been of interest to the thought police. >> yes. we wouldn't have lasted long. thought criminals. unpersoned. the whole lot of us. >> reporter: her grandfather claude coburn was one of the most famous radical journalists of his time. a contemporary of orwell's. wilde's uncle was alexander coburn, a columnist for the "village voice" and "the nation." >> his latest book is the soon to be published "encounters with the sphynx." >> reporter: alex coburn came on "nightline" in 1990 to argue that communism was alive and well despite the collapse of the berlin wall. >> i think the ideals that animated the communist movement or the socialist movement 100 years ago are s

wrote, the brightest most recent day finally a spade had been called a spade, finally all worlds newspeak was dead. had come upagan from that moment, make it impossible for anyone in the west to continue closing their eyes to the real nature of the soviet union. enough just's not to speak out against the aggressive behavior of russia in ukraine or in syria. to merge our adversaries to act in accordance with international law. we must also give hope to people across the world of a better way of life. friend saidttis, my in germany last week, marking the 17th anniversary of the marshall plan, he said we stand for freedom and we will never surrender the freedom of our people. ladyin 1996, the iron delivered a speech in fulton, missouri, where of course churchill had point the iron curtain phrase 50 years before. and she said, and i quote, there are rare moments when history is byn, and its course changed means such as these. we may be at just such a moment now. to you this afternoon that we have reached such a moment. once more, with a to the united states to recapture the spirit. to provide

finally all the world's newspeak was dead. president reagan had from that moment made it impossible for anyone in the west to continue closing their eyes to the real nature of the soviet union. so today it's not enough just to speak out against the aggressive behavior of russia in ukraine or in syria. or to urge our adversaries to act in accordance with international law. we must also give hope to people across the world of a better way of life. secretary mattis, my friend, said in germany last week, marking the 70th anniversary of the marshall plan, he said we stand for freedom and we will never surrender the freedom of our people. back in 1996 the iron lady delivered a speech in fulton missouri where of course churchill had coined the iron curtain phrase 50 years before. and she said and i quote, they are rare moments when history is open and its course changed by any means such as these. we may be just such a moment now. i suggest to you this afternoon that we've reached such a moment. once more we look to the united states

declaration of independence as an example of a piece of text that would be difficult to be translated into newspeakny people think we added that to be more relevant, but it was in orwells text. charlie: when you think about adapting it can? >> it would be irresistible. the only thing we ever mentioned is the genius of roberts and the co-creators. they are great theater makers. there is a notion of a family setting rather table talking about how sad their son is. you get three hours of that. what robert and duncan have done, they have used every ounce of originality that you can get into a stage production and used it. we have mixed-media. we have incredible sound design. it is 101 minutes long, and it is fast and it is wry and it is terrifying. it is inherently theatrical and uses all of the great power and magic of the artform. charlie: thank you. "1984" at the henry hudson theater will be there until october 8. go se it. we will be back in a moment. ♪ charlie: cu male non-gianni is a standup comedian, actor, and writer. his new film which she wrote with his wife is a sum of a agar ail -- is semi-