TA 2014 Lecture Notes - Lecture 7: Friday Night Videos, Aneurysm
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2001 won pulitzer prize for drama made into film. All takes place in one setting (porch of their house?) She is there talking to her father and we assume she is there talking to her father until we realize her father is dead. Everything is going on in her head. Says there are no glasses but doesn"t touch anything. Died a week ago at 63 b/c of aneurism; funeral is tomorrow. Play is about high-level mathematics (opposite of theatre) Crazy people never ask if they are crazy. When you feel crazy you doubt if that is logical. Grabs his backpack and sees nothing in it. He sees something different than what audience has. She has to wrestle b/w the world"s perception, her father"s illness, and whether or not she actually is crazy. Turns out he was going to try to take a journal. She helps him (her father) stay lucid and saved his life .
