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segue's review
adventurous
challenging
emotional
informative
inspiring
fast-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
5.0
aimeemarie's review
emotional
informative
mysterious
slow-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
3.5
This play is an interesting read. I love how it's structured, as snippets of the story Charlotte has told to Doug over their time together instead of something more substantial. It made for a very unique telling of the story of a very unique individual.
Doug does, on several occasions, center himself before he centers Charlotte in the narrative, and he does show his own ignorance on several occasions throughout the writing.
Doug does, on several occasions, center himself before he centers Charlotte in the narrative, and he does show his own ignorance on several occasions throughout the writing.
Content Warnings
Graphic: Death of parent
Minor: Hate crime, Homophobia, War, Deadnaming, Genocide, Outing, and Transphobia
tangleroot_eli's review
A fascinating portrayal of a remarkable life. Playwright-as-character is far from my favorite device, but in this case it provides a useful scaffold for why Charlotte would be telling us all this. Definitely a product of both Charlotte’s time, and Doug’s. Some of the language jars now, but it is, as Charlotte says, a record presented “as is.”
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