Please read the following plays:
"'dentity Crisis"
"Death Comes to Us All, Mary Agnes"
"Titanic"
"The Actor's Nightmare"
"Sister Mary Ignatius Explains It All For You"
These plays, like the Nature and Purpose of the Universe are black comedies. They include many of the qualities that we know as absurdist.
A note about black or dark comedy:
Black comedy pokes fun at things that we shouldn't normally poke fun at. As you know, people often laugh at things that make them uncomfortable. People also can be jerks and laugh at other people's misfortunes. Watching people suffer (and being glad it's not you) is a type of catharsis--thus, black comedy can appeal to us. Often black comedy includes a good deal of satire, parody, farce, and absurdity.
Please complete a scenario (to be handed in at the end of class on Monday, Nov. 30). Be prepared to take a quiz on Christopher Durang's plays.
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whats with the insestuality and multiple personalities
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