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Christopher Durang has the wit, the high, rebellious spirits, and the rage of the born satirist. He is also one of the funniest and most original playwrights at work. His "Beyond Therapy" … could be considered his "Alice in Wonderland,"… in a world run by psychiatrists and thick with their foibles and jargon. The play opens in a restaurant in [New York City]; a young man is seated alone at a table. Enter [the heroine] …, also alone; she has come in response to a personal ad that he has placed in a newspaper. "Are you White Male?" she begins. Her name is Prudence, his Bruce. They meet tentatively. Her arms get stuck as she tries to remove her knitted coat with appropriate sophistication (a funny piece of hokum that runs through the action). "I hope I'm not too macho for you" is his first bit of conversation, and "You...
This section contains 412 words (approx. 2 pages at 300 words per page) |