'Airbags': A veteran flight attendant tangles with a millennial

August 8, 2016 at 8:47PM
Airbags presented by Rebecca Sandell. Pictured: Sue Gerver
Airbags presented by Rebecca Sandell. Pictured: Sue Gerver (The Minnesota Star Tribune)

Who knew that "airbags" was slang for older flight attendants? Rebecca Sandell pays tribute to a hard-bitten, retiring steward named Anderson (Shelli Place), who is leaving the high-life in which she gets to play sheriff and shrink while serving beverages. The show sets up a generational divide as Anderson breaks in millennial Celeste (Jamila Joiner), a specialist in backhanded compliments, as her replacement. The plot is not all that original, but it has humor and some neat acting as the two generations butt up against each other and eventually find common ground. (5:30 p.m. Thu., 4 p.m. Fri., 5:30 p.m. Sun., Rarig Center Arena, 330 21st Av. S., Mpls.)

ROHAN PRESTON

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