CMU School of Drama


Wednesday, October 17, 2007

Oh Dad, Poor Dad ...

Pittsburgh City Paper - Pittsburgh: "We can guess, watching Oh Dad, Poor Dad, Mamma's Hung You in the Closet and I'm Feelin' So Sad, that playwright Arthur Kopit had some issues with women. His two female leads are lunatics: First, a mother so fastidious and overbearing that she locks her son in a hotel room for his entire life. Second, a child-molesting slut who seems hopelessly attracted to Asperger's syndrome. Madonna and whore, mother and lover, a virginal womb and a deflowered one: This is Kopit's bipolar world, where estrogen is gunpowder and testosterone engenders innocence."

2 comments:

Anonymous said...

This piece seems like so much fun! Well, not the conventional sort of fun that's for sure, but still, quite fascinating. I highly enjoy attending absurd theatre, whether or not I come out liking the play is a different matter. However, this one in particular seems fascinating and I'm pretty sure at least everyone can find something to get out of it. After all, it is just that strange....

Anonymous said...

Not to mention funny!