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In this brief but staggering twoact playwright Norris demonstrates his skillat drawing out the dark truth that lurks beneath the surface of the perfectfamily. His crackling satire takes dead aim at the selfsatisfied leftleaningAmerican uppermiddle class and its many selfdelusions. On a winter afternoonKelly and Clayan attractive prosperous seemingly happy couple with a fouryearold daughter and a newborn babymust explain to a visitor the events ofthe previous Thanksgiving on which so it seems someone or something hadbeen gnawing at the avocados on their kitchen table. In the course of thisholiday gatheringattended by Clays mother a wellmeaning but cluelessfirstgrade teacher who spouts pointless liberal bromides his brother aplastic surgeon with a nihilistic streak and a taste for martinis and hisbrothers girlfriend a sexy Balkan immigrant with a love for all thingsAmerican racism includedthe recent past is unearthed along with revelationsof failed marriages fraternal hatred infidelity and venereal disease in theform of their daughters nasty genital infection. And its a comedy. As thestory is gradually unfolded to their visitor a Muslim cab driver hisrelationship to the events becomes increasingly clear as does the emptiness ofthe familys supposed benevolence and sensitivity. With its crashing emotionand cutting humor this vicious dissection of the comfortable progressive lifelays bare the lies that people use to feel righteous even as they veer off agenuinely ethical path. «
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