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lmshearer's review against another edition
reflective
medium-paced
3.5
A tight collection of previous published essays, speeches, and interviews from playwright, actor, and artist Wallace Shawn. The first part of the collection deals with real-world issues in the late 20th century and part two turns to the philosophical in art and artistic pursuits. Surprisingly, I thought the first part was stronger than the second.
icepotato's review against another edition
5.0
a great examination of art & privilege with a few great political essays thrown in as well.
gregbutera's review
3.0
It's been nice branching out this year from my usual reading types. I saw that Wallace Shawn was a famous playwright and essayist and I sadly had only known him from his acting roles. Some of these essays were fantastic, others were more meh. But I got some interesting thoughts out of reading all of them, and that made me want to read or see his plays. So that's on the to read pile now.
julieputty's review
5.0
A very quick, breezy read, with a great many quotable lines. The questions are here, but the reader has to come up with the answers herself.
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