Closer Critique

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Closer, performed on November 26, 2000 at the Mark Taper Forum was an overall excellent show. The show is about two men and two women who are thrown together by chance. Throughout the play they connect, disconnect and reconnect in bewildering combinations with each other as they try to get "closer" All their privacies as well as secrets are brought out in the open and nothing is hidden. It is presented to the audience in a daring, and obscene manner, which is at the same time thrilling, intimate, and funny. Closer reveals much about today's modern sexual politics and how little we sometimes really know about it.

During the performance I found it difficult at times to follow, however this is at no fault of the act


There also was one point in the show where no lines existed between two characters. They were chattering over the Internet and the only way we knew what they were saying was there was a projection screen that displayed what they were supposedly typing. I found this part particularly interesting in the sense that I could see the actors reacting to the other person's message even though there were no lines exchanged. I could almost hear the actor reading the lines to himself even though in reality there was nothing on their monitor. I felt that both actors listened to each other and reacted appropriately.

There were no additional flaws in the play that I saw expect for one additional note. There was one point in the performance where the actor

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