There's nothing not to love about a Brecht play. A story spiralling within a story, two protagonists—Grusha and Azdak—that are equally engaging. Eating the rich and learning a lot more in the process.

I think Brecht stereotypes women a lot which I do not like. Every woman he writes can fit within a cliche trope, Grusha is the naive idealist and romantic who believes in a justice that has never existed and will never exist and takes on the "burden" of Michael, anything motherly obviously becomes the responsibility of the women while the men can do bigger things like Azdak acting like a drunken fool while liberating the poor. I just wish I could find female characters in Brecht that are more multi-layered and not so white and black.

But other than that, phenomenal writing and a deeply layered text. Every single event, every song, every title exposes the class divide between the rich and the poor. The hypocrisies keep piling up until an unwanted "good" deed saves the "foolish" judge from the gallows and off we go on the road of a golden age where just for a short period things were just (for once for the poor). Reading between the lines is very important while reading Brecht because while his message is very on the face (here perhaps that things should stay with those who are good for it: meaning those who don't destroy the thing in their greed, who actually want the thing to better it) there are nuances and you need to read beyond the text.