Why Shocking Theatre Has Lost Its Ability To Shock
"A lot of what drives the latest wave of shock theater is a desire to be hip and current and cool, and to compete with the dominant media of our time: movies and television. Playwrights seize the tools of these essentially visual media - graphic imagery, turbo-powered plotting, and a heightened version of reality that can feel more involving than reality itself - and apply them to a medium that is quintessentially not visual but verbal. It's a mistake on two levels." Boston Globe 03/29/09

Posted March 29, 2009 01:04 PM