A review by jackieeh
The Heidi Chronicles, by Wendy Wasserstein
4.0
I liked this play a lot more before I read my Women in Theater professor's article about it. Then all of a sudden all its flaws became pretty clear. Nonetheless, my favorite thing about it, the dialogue, remained unchallenged, so that's okay.
Heidi was an interesting main character in that she is often portrayed as responding to things happening around her rather than actively engaging in them herself. As a way to highlight the different stages of the second wave feminist movement (stages Heidi sees her friends enacting) this wasn't a bad choice.
Also, as far as dialogue is concerned, the play read very naturally. "I know some of these people," I kept telling myself, mainly because I could hear their lines so vividly in my head.
And Heidi's an art historian. Yes.
Heidi was an interesting main character in that she is often portrayed as responding to things happening around her rather than actively engaging in them herself. As a way to highlight the different stages of the second wave feminist movement (stages Heidi sees her friends enacting) this wasn't a bad choice.
Also, as far as dialogue is concerned, the play read very naturally. "I know some of these people," I kept telling myself, mainly because I could hear their lines so vividly in my head.
And Heidi's an art historian. Yes.