Coming out of our discussion of 9/11, The Exonerated offers us an unusual case of theatre at the crossroads of actual, life-and-death experience. Our first question for you is: where especially do you think the play makes its sincerity felt?
Our second is this: given the play's gesture to authenticity and "reality," what is the impact of celebrity on the play's address of (or impact on) its audience.
NOTE: The website of "Bios" for The Exonerated includes this list of past performers:
"Connie Britton, Eric Bogosian,
Peter Boyle, Avery Brooks, Charles Brown, Jere Burns,
Gabriel Byrne, Amelia Campbell, Robert Carradine, Schantelle Cason, Jill Clayburgh,
Tim Daly, Kristin Davis, Polly Draper, Fran Drescher,
Richard Dreyfuss, Cary Elwes,
Mia Farrow, Peter Gallagher, Sara Gilbert, Jeff Goldblum,
Tony Goldwyn, Mariska Hargitay,
Anne Jackson, Penn Jillette, Sarah Jones, Robert
Klein, Christine Lahti, Darrell Larson, Lyle Lovett, Bruce MacVittie, Andrea Martin, Andrew McCarthy, Frank McCourt,
Dina Merrill, Esai Morales, Rob Morrow, Joe Morton, Bebe Neuwirth, Harold Perrineau, Aidan Quinn, Lynn Redgrave,
Eric Roberts, Susan Saint James, Jay O. Sanders, Richard Schiff, Kyra Sedgewick, Ally Sheedy, Brooke Shields, John Spencer, Mary Steenburgen,
Fisher Stevens, Lee Tergesen, April Yvette Thompson,
Kathleen Turner, John Ventimiglia, Eli Wallach, Titus Welliver, Montel Williams, Debra Winger, Robin Williams."
As promised, this is the statue Ellen mentioned in class today. The artist is Eric Fischl and it's called
Tumbling Woman (2002).
This image is from http://www.werismyki.com/artcls/911_statue_of_falling_woman_coved.htm
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