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Anyone would: Iris is selfish and self-regarding and longs to be anesthetized.
Theyve been out buying Fernet.
Matthew GasdasDimes Squarelikes this trick enough that it plays it several times.
Fernet also comes up a lot.
As much contempt as Gasdas media-savvy characters have for influencers, they wear influence on their sleeves.
They believe that borrowing taste from a book or a Cassavetes movie is better than borrowing it from Instagram.
Of course, its all still imitation and pose.
Theres a flavor of capital-R Romanticism, of intellectual performance, of apolitical YOLO flanerie.
Gasdas eye is certainly contemptuous.
Terry, for his part, feels both artistically and literally cuckolded by Stefan.
In Gasdas version of the New York art scene, women compete erotically while men do battle creatively.
God forbid any of them should put a toe in.
Dave would ralph all over the coke tray.
A certain sort of play will insist on telling you what sort of play it is.
(A name drops in a forest, and the audience is meant to hearit.)
So when Chris talks about Dave as a Chekhovian writer, our ears swivel.
Both were, of course, there that night.
Certainly the unmasked audience doesnt seem to be giving it a thought.
Chris shouts about this near the end of the play.
You dont tell your kids about meeting relatively clever at a party, he bellows.
Dimes Squareis at Tys Loft until February 27.
