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emotional
informative
sad
tense
slow-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
3.0
Catherine struggles to protect the legacy of her late father, a mentally-ill mathematician, and publish an elegant mathematical proof. This play was relevant to my own background—my father attended UChicago and Northwestern, where he earned P.h.D. in mathematics—but it is a little too angry to soothe the wannabe-Thomasina Coverly smouldering in my soul.
“CLAIRE: Jesus, you fucking mathematicians: you don’t think” (67)
Content Warnings
Graphic: Cursing, Mental illness, and Death of parent
Moderate: Forced institutionalization
Minor: Addiction and Drug use