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missbeava's review against another edition
5.0
such a great play
this reminded me so much of August Wilson's work
i think he would like Dominique Morisseau's work
this reminded me so much of August Wilson's work
i think he would like Dominique Morisseau's work
lukastw's review against another edition
4.0
This play is a breath of fresh air. The play is truly realistic in the sense of the drama it presents on stage and the aesthetics it presents. The characters are rounded. They are real people. They breath like we do. It's also nice to see a play about the black working class.
hypops's review
funny
hopeful
tense
fast-paced
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.0
I really want to see this performed, but even as just words on the page, these characters leave deep impressions.
The entire play is set in the break-room of a Detroit auto-plant’s factory floor. Four characters across three different generations respond differently to news of their plant’s imminent closure.
But... because the play is set in 2008–the same year that Detroit was at the center of the subprime mortgage crisis—the whole play seems eerily anachronistic. “Weren’t all the auto factories closing way back in the ‘60s and ‘70s?” “How could this *still* be a thing?” But it’s the resulting cognitive dissonances that make the play so striking and so powerful.
Yes, this is still happening, and, yes, isn’t that haunting?
The entire play is set in the break-room of a Detroit auto-plant’s factory floor. Four characters across three different generations respond differently to news of their plant’s imminent closure.
But... because the play is set in 2008–the same year that Detroit was at the center of the subprime mortgage crisis—the whole play seems eerily anachronistic. “Weren’t all the auto factories closing way back in the ‘60s and ‘70s?” “How could this *still* be a thing?” But it’s the resulting cognitive dissonances that make the play so striking and so powerful.
Yes, this is still happening, and, yes, isn’t that haunting?