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A review by sookieskipper
Reasons to Be Pretty by Neil LaBute
3.0
What the man thinks is an innocuous comment sparks a fight that leads to his break up with his long time girlfriend. He considers her <i>plain</i> in comparison to a coworker and this is relayed back to his girlfriend via mutual friend. The play explores the idea of beauty, of love, of acceptance, of what we have come to believe as security and acceptance of affection and the mutual compatibility under the guise of societal norms.
I read a lot of plays and its not very often you come across a play where we encounter plays that account for human awkwardness. To be honest, that's refreshing and its not just the performance that warrants it but its blatant in its writing as well. when the characters meet after breakup, they stammer and stumble around the break-up and the hurt and the pain, and its just glorious.
I read a lot of plays and its not very often you come across a play where we encounter plays that account for human awkwardness. To be honest, that's refreshing and its not just the performance that warrants it but its blatant in its writing as well. when the characters meet after breakup, they stammer and stumble around the break-up and the hurt and the pain, and its just glorious.