Reviews for The Black Monk/The Dog Problem: Two Plays

The average rating for The Black Monk/The Dog Problem: Two Plays based on 2 reviews is 3 stars.

Review # 1 was written on 2011-10-11 00:00:00 Ben Shepherd 808.8245 M7516 2016

Review # 2 was written on 2013-03-31 00:00:00 Ace Kuenzli "You are here to unfurl your crime across the satellite skies." Don DeLillo, Valparaiso A small two-act play that examines our media culture, exhibitionism, and banality. It feels like we've entered a reality show that never seems to reach its destination. There are parts of this that seem brilliant and parts, unfortunately, that fall a bit flat. I'm a big DeLillo fan and particularly love his fiction. His plays, play I guess, just not as hard. Like one chord, strummed over and over. One of my best friends saw this when it opened in Cambridge back in 1999. It would be interesting to see it performed, but I'm not sure if seeing it live would make it better. Perhaps, but only because the whole play is about performance. Its power is derived from being performed.