opening the show we're reminded that life twists and turns on us, many times leaving us with multiple potential outcomes, i.e. "what could have happened" in a very powerful and fun way we're reminded of this constantly throughout the first act.
moving on, the show takes you on a journey through that 'day after.' you remember it, 'america under attack' is playing on the tv constantly, you're sick of it but can't bring yourself to turn it off - this theme alone is so accurately portrayed in the simplicity of a tv on stage, constantly on, and a constant soundtrack playing the events over and over throughout the entire play. it's a strange flashback that i, myself, had almost entirely blocked.
it's a show not as much about love as they may have you believe, but it's a show about people in the midwest coming together, as happenstance as it may be, on the day after a terrible awakening.
i totally recommend everyone to see it, if not to relive these events in a non-political way, but to have your eyes opened to something you already knew about yourself... but maybe hadn't yet put into words.
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