Critique Of Dinner With Friends

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Critique of Dinner with Friends Play

ACT I

I thoroughly enjoyed this act. When I arrived I was not really expecting to have a good time, I was just doing what had to be done to complete the assignment. The play started out with Karen, Beth, and Gabe sitting at the dinner table. The lighting was very homey and the set closely resembled a real kitchen and dining room. The actors were very good at portraying the realness of the situation in the first scene. The second scene was one of my favorite because after Tom and Beth got into their little fight, they broke out into a love making scene, and made it look so realistic. It hit close to home, and I found it hilarious. In the third scene, Karen and Gabe are discussing the problems between Tom and Beth, and Tom shows up. Karen is mad at Tom, and she storms away leaving Tom and Gabe to talk. Tom and Gabe talk, but eventually Tom left because he felt like Gabe didn't believe what he was saying. I liked this scene, because it is a reality that too often people don't consider both sides of a story before passing judgment.

ACT II

I didn't like act two as much as I liked act one, but it cleared up a lot of things. I thought it was neat how they took the grey out of Gabe's hair and made him look so much younger. It was cute how Gabe would scare Karen. I do the same thing when I am going to tickle my girlfriend. It was crazy when Tom made a pass at Karen when his future wife was outside. In Scene two Karen and Beth were talking, and Karen discovered that Beth has already started another serious relationship. In scene three Tom and Gabe have what will probably be their last meeting. This scene seemed a little fake to me. It seemed like Gabe was giving Tom a little much of a cold shoulder for them to have been friends as long as they