Reviews for Mr. Universe: And Other Plays

The average rating for Mr. Universe: And Other Plays based on 2 reviews is 4 stars.

Review # 1 was written on 2020-02-15 00:00:00 Shahid Logan Play. Just speaking on Mr. Universe, seen live at UA in Spring of 2020. Just okay. Sets up and relies on tropes (gender, sexuality, and race) and then literally falls on the sword with them.

Review # 2 was written on 2010-02-21 00:00:00 Edgar Garcia 3,5* well deserved...the story is very simple, the love between a husband and his wife told until the tragic epilogue with the death of the woman for cancer. A tale with no particolar plot.... made of simple events, maybe even banal ( this is the reason for 3,5 stars), but reported in words as very few writers manage to do. I love Gibbons, her writing is clear, straight and direct... It reminds me a lot of Eudora Welty, but the Gibbons also masterfully manages to use a continuous irony here and there to make your soul laughing. Fantastic discovery of this writer!! 3,5* meritatissime...la storia � semplicissima, l'amore tra un marito e sua moglie narrata sino al tragico epilogo con la morte per cancro della donna. Un racconto senza nulla di chiss� che.... fatto di eventi semplici, forse anche banali ( x questo le 3,5 stelline), ma riportati in parole come ben pochi scrittori riescono a fare. Adoro la Gibbons, la sua scrittura � limpida ,schietta e diretta.... mi ricorda molto Eudora Welty , ma la Gibbons riesce anche magistralmente ad usare un continua ironia qui e l� da farti morire. Fantastica scoperta questa scrittrice!!