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Summary: THERE'S SOMETHING ABOUT STALKING
Review: Gilman has said that she was inspired to write this play after being infuriated by THERE'S SOMETHING ABOUT MARY and the light way the movie handles stalking. It's typical that Hollywood excuses that behavior when the pov is the stalker's-- and this myth just further encourages men to think it's "romantic" to harass a woman. Gilman has a point.Yes, this play is issue driven, but it is no Lifetime movie with a ready solution or a clear moral. We're as taken in as the overworked editor by the nice guy she meets on a blind date. His desperation to please is at first puppy-dog cute. The mental instability that drives him not to take no for an answer but to persist, first romantically, then violently, as a stalker, is revealed with skill, so that like the main character the audience can feel the walls close in. One of the nice subplots in the play involves an interview Theresa is doing with a publisher of pornography. Despicable though his profession is, she can't help but liking him personally. Appearances can be deceiving, and people are more than the sum of their careers. Things go from bad to really bad. Ultimately, Theresa has to abandon her entire life-- the police can't promise real protection, and though she fires the idiot assistant who thought the stalker's wanting to deliver flowers was romantic (and thus allows the stalker access to Theresa), there will always be another person so taken in. She won't be safe until she takes on another identity. Not a lot of people have given much thought to the damage a determined harasser can do. It's terrifying stuff, and frightening to watch. Gilman writes wonderful, clear dialogue, and it's an engrossing play to read as well.
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Summary: Grossly over-rated play, perhaps better in performance.
Review: I bought this play script because I read that the play received great reviews in Chicago and it was about to open in New York's Lincoln Center. What a disappointment: the play is very dull with uninteresting characters; the woman who is stalked is no better developed than the average character in a TV soup-opera. Yes, the dialogue is realistic and natural, but so what? How could this play be considered so good in Chicago? Am I nuts? Well, the play received mediocre notices in New York, so maybe my New York sensibility differs from people in other places.
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Summary: Couldn't put it down!
Review: I love the play, every page was exciting, and I'm not a big reader, this definatly comes next to "The Assistant" on my list of favorites!
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Summary: OVERRATED??
Review: I read this play in a theater class in college. I cannot understand how anyone can say that this play is overrated! Gilman developed the characters to the extent that I couldnt put it down! I loved this play!
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Summary: OVERRATED??
Review: I went to see this play at the Royal Court Theatre in London after having heard how good it was. When I got out of the theatre, I felt like I had been called a horrible name by someone who didn't know me at all. This play really seems to insinuate that men are all in some big club together and are all out to get women. It is cheap and easy to put sexist dialogue in a man's mouth. Lifetime does it all the time. This is another silly play that portrays all women as courageous victims and all men as conflicted and brutal. Gilman needs to put down the brush with which she paints such wide strokes and take a long look at something a little harder than racism or sexism. Get real.
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Summary: Massively Overrated and Insulting
Review: I went to see this play at the Royal Court Theatre in London after having heard how good it was. When I got out of the theatre, I felt like I had been called a horrible name by someone who didn't know me at all. This play really seems to insinuate that men are all in some big club together and are all out to get women. It is cheap and easy to put sexist dialogue in a man's mouth. Lifetime does it all the time. This is another silly play that portrays all women as courageous victims and all men as conflicted and brutal. Gilman needs to put down the brush with which she paints such wide strokes and take a long look at something a little harder than racism or sexism. Get real.
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Summary: Disturbingly good!
Review: This is a great play that hits modern issues. She is a great playwrite if you haven't read any of her others you should. All of her plays hit contemporary problems in society. This one in particular is about a stalker in a large city. We wanted to stage it here in Chicago but the Goodman just did it so I guess we will have to wait!
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Summary: Outstanding theatre
Review: This is a rare case of a play being great to read but even better when on stage. As one of the cast in Spontaneous Productions' performance of this show in September of 2002 in Boise, Idaho I think I can safely say that the audience was moved and made to think. The subject matter of stalking and the wide spread repurcussions made more than a few of the patrons come away with a better grasp of how tragic this crime is. Read the book, but if you have the chance, see the play.
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Summary: Not an attack on men
Review: This play was a beautifully written analysis of society's veiw on relationships. Contrary to belief, it is not an attack on men, but the way that our society has formed men and the potential hazard that it poses. It is shocking, yet holds a strong and effective message. I recommend it to anyone who consider what society makes us.
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