Matusow Affair has all the hallmarks of an American epic.  Personal stories playing out against the backdrop of national turmoil.  Story arcs reaching from the dusty picket lines of New Mexico to the granite halls of Washington, DC.  Dramatic rises and precipitous falls.  Underdogs and archvillains. Grand themes rendered in allegory.   With inherently more depth and breadth than any other McCarthy-era scripted work, Matusow Affair avoids hewing to the oft-portrayed Hollywood Blacklist story.  Instead, its gaze is trained on the effects of the anti-communist witch hunts on a wide range of Americans: law enforcers, everyday laborers, power brokers and peace advocates.  It insists that the Red Scare must be explored in conjunction with the concurrent struggles of the day, namely those over race, religion and sexual orientation (often referred to as the Lavender Scare).  And perhaps most importantly, it pointedly asks universal questions for today's political landscape: What is the nature of truth?  And who can claim to own it?