Williamsburg folklorist creates politically charged nativity scene
A zombie figurine of President Donald Trump dressed in a blue suit and red tie and followed by a skeleton strolls by center stage of a barren landscape flanked on the left by a refugee camp where baby Jesus and the Virgin Mary are watched from a military tower. To the right, a wall cuts off a deported St. Joseph and the three kings, banished from the area.
“Trump’s Amerikkka” is a tableau placed in Joseph Sciorra’s Williamsburg kitchen and his latest version of the Italian-American presepio, a recreated nativity scene rich in detail.
Figurines representing Latinos, Arabs, Muslims and the gay and lesbian community all have a place in his scene.