Hey, do you hear that? It’s the sound of an empire crumbling from the inside. Or is it the melodious strains of Luigi: The Musical, now on at the Independent?

On 9 December 2024, five days after the targeted fatal shooting of UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson, the suspect, 26-year-old Maryland native Luigi Mangione, was apprehended in Altoona, Pennsylvania and charged with second-degree murder and numerous other offenses. According to the manifesto discovered during the arrest, Mangione despaired of the US