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Summer and Smoke
Two children grow up. Their personalities do not change. Pointless drivel: not even entertaining, but hey, that's me!
Orpheus Descending
Honky-Tonk guitarist tries to change his luck in a southern one-horse town. Several ladies come on to him and get him into one fix after another. Too bad he never realized that the townspeople were a bunch of bigoted nut jobsâparticularly the sheriff who seems to be the local vigilante leader. Well he still doesn't get it and makes it with his boss. Transmogrify into Orpheus trying to get her out of town. One way or another everyone will lose.
Suddenly Last Summer
Mom's son has died and her niece knows how it happened; and in the words of Nancy Grace "SHE'S GUILTY!" Mom wants the niece to admit her guilt; unfortunately, the niece has been in the nut house. Enter Dr. Sugar. He gives the niece the ole truth serum and extracts the bizarre story from the niece, which mom will not accept. Dr. Sugar acknowledges that she may be telling the truth. The end. Oh, by the way son died in South America and the family has copies of the police report and investigation but we are not made aware of their contents. There is no indication that the family has perused them, nor has Dr. Sugar. So, while the ending has shock value due to the nature of son's death, mom won't accept niece's story and wants her lobotomized. The play provides more questions than answers. Why is the girl in the asylum in the first place? What is the conclusion of the police investigation? Did the son die in the weird manner related by the niece? Who's really crazy: the niece or mom?
Period of Adjustment
Two married couples have falling outs, talk about their respective relationships, and try to analyze where they went wrong without admitting it. This all occurs in the house of the couple that has been married for six years. The house, incidentally, is slowly crumbling into the ground, as is their marriage. The other couple is in their second day of marriage and has not been able to consummate it. It's difficult to believe that two of the main characters in this play were Korean War fighter pilots. Their speech is a mixture of southern and uneducated. In the end they reconcile, but don't look for a Noel Coward ending here.
Two children grow up. Their personalities do not change. Pointless drivel: not even entertaining, but hey, that's me!
Orpheus Descending
Honky-Tonk guitarist tries to change his luck in a southern one-horse town. Several ladies come on to him and get him into one fix after another. Too bad he never realized that the townspeople were a bunch of bigoted nut jobsâparticularly the sheriff who seems to be the local vigilante leader. Well he still doesn't get it and makes it with his boss. Transmogrify into Orpheus trying to get her out of town. One way or another everyone will lose.
Suddenly Last Summer
Mom's son has died and her niece knows how it happened; and in the words of Nancy Grace "SHE'S GUILTY!" Mom wants the niece to admit her guilt; unfortunately, the niece has been in the nut house. Enter Dr. Sugar. He gives the niece the ole truth serum and extracts the bizarre story from the niece, which mom will not accept. Dr. Sugar acknowledges that she may be telling the truth. The end. Oh, by the way son died in South America and the family has copies of the police report and investigation but we are not made aware of their contents. There is no indication that the family has perused them, nor has Dr. Sugar. So, while the ending has shock value due to the nature of son's death, mom won't accept niece's story and wants her lobotomized. The play provides more questions than answers. Why is the girl in the asylum in the first place? What is the conclusion of the police investigation? Did the son die in the weird manner related by the niece? Who's really crazy: the niece or mom?
Period of Adjustment
Two married couples have falling outs, talk about their respective relationships, and try to analyze where they went wrong without admitting it. This all occurs in the house of the couple that has been married for six years. The house, incidentally, is slowly crumbling into the ground, as is their marriage. The other couple is in their second day of marriage and has not been able to consummate it. It's difficult to believe that two of the main characters in this play were Korean War fighter pilots. Their speech is a mixture of southern and uneducated. In the end they reconcile, but don't look for a Noel Coward ending here.
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