(And so, in what amounts to a
philosophical vaudeville performed by Gary and Janice, we get sketches
depicting the savagery of elites, the pettiness of proles, the
foolishness of dreamers. Then the traits get reassigned. Soon, the
battle lines are drawn between those, of whatever class, who would try
to save the world but fail — the comedians, that is — and those who
won’t try at all: the tragedians.
So for me, at least, the most convincing and powerful moments came when
the performances aligned with the gravity of the premise. Gary’s speech
about the power of art to create new realities was one such moment for
Mr. Lane: You could feel the hope in the hyperbole he spoke of. Jesse Green is the co-chief theater critic for The New York Times reviewing Taylor Mac's play Gary: a sequel to Titus Andronicus. -- also see Adler on Tragedy and Hegel and acceptance).
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