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As much as I suspect the playwright only has a cursory understanding of virtual reality and gaming culture, Shigematsu certainly gets a bead on the isolated yet liberating potential of the digitally immersed. Maya chooses to escape the real life her parents struggle to provide for a family falling apart due to a national malaise while an enterprising outsider Kenzo constructs a virtual wormhole to help them be whole.
— Dec 27, 2020 02:40PM
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Kyle
is on page 122 of 160
Easy to overlook the amount of time a story takes when performed on stage, especially when “the two hours’ traffic” typically translates into one hectic week rather than the nine months depicted in the scene headings. The climax slows down to a moment of stillness for a reunited family as far away from digital devices creating separate worlds, with Kenzo interacting IRL while Ms. Asada bundles up stacks of yen.
— Dec 30, 2020 12:04PM
Kyle
is on page 97 of 160
The original source of this play, Chikamatsu’s Shinjuten no Amijima, has encoded itself onto a kotatsu drama as Hiroshi and Naomi face the potential suicides of their offspring: an older son who is already long gone and nowhere to be found and their difficult daughter hiding in the shadows at home. At least it is clear which one of them is the titular kuroko as Ichiro maintains his family’s tragic mode.
— Dec 29, 2020 08:44PM
