Monday, November 8, 2010

U.S Drag

Like i said earlier,i did not like the end of the play for a couple of reasons.
Firstly because, whenever the characters of the play met,they most often talked about this mysterious guy "Ed" who was responsible for some serial killings and attacks.They tried to device plans and strategies to catch up with the "Ed" guy,and they came up with the "no help" strategy.It seemed that a common way for Ed to get his victims was by asking for help.So they thought refusing to offer help to strangers would help minimize Ed's attacks.But at the end of the play,nothing about this is mentioned.The playwright doesn't even mention if they were successful or not,and if they were,to what extent they were successful.
Secondly,the fact that Christopher ends up saying at the end of the play that he doesn't believe in Ed is very contradictory to me.All through the play,we have seen them working together to curb Ed's attacks, and all of a sudden,he changes his mind.We the audience,or personally,i donot understand the inconsistency in the character's state of mind.If there is a reason for this,i think we should be led into it.Perhaps,there is an intriguing twist to the story.If the play had just extended a little further to convey the reason behind Christopher's new stand point,i would have been satisfied.But as it is, the end of this play still needs to "end".

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