![]() ![]() Parker provides an expressive range, from the cautious, manipulated teen to a mature but permanently scarred college student. ![]() The play is a potent and convincing comment on a taboo subject, and its impact sneaks up on its audience.Īs the trusted family member and aging pedophile, Morse creates a tragic, rather than chilling, figure his cool and casual sincerity is all the more frightening. “Avoid little umbrellas, anything with sugar,” the parent warns, “and any drink which suggests a sexual position, like the Missionary.” Secondary performers serve as various family members, with Johanna Day offering an amusing dissertation on what drinks young ladies should shun to prevent the advances of older men. She also paints a richly poetic and picturesque landscape, as Li’l Bit describes the exhilaration of “driving past trees, churches and battlefields before the malls took over, and the smell of clover mixing with dashboard leather.” With subtle humor and teasing erotic encounters, Vogel addresses the dangerous intersections of teenage temptation. ![]()
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