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Jimmy Tingle’s American Dream (pictured above) is a delicious, humorous romp through one man’s probing mind, interspaced with the commentary of notables from Robert Altman to Howard Zinn to Jimmy’s mother Francis (certainly notable to Jimmy). This is not an American Dream that jumps reality. There is criticism, and a look at the underbelly of America, yet Jimmy’s smile of optimism always returns.

A comedian from Boston with national recognition, Tingle’s boxer-like body twists and jabs to the rhythms and meanings of his spoken words. He leaps forward for an exclamation mark! Steps back to give us space to contemplate. Lunges toward the camera to drive home a point! Sweeps his arm wide to build drama. Tingle is working class with a sharp mind, American patriotic with an open mind, funny guy with a wallop of a verbal punch.

After an hour of Tingle’s American Dream, you may not feel better about America, you may not even feel better about the American Dream, but you will definitely feel better. And this is probably Tingle’s hidden agenda: make Americans feel better, which will draw Americans closer together and reduce some of the country’s ugly and destructive divisions.