True West

Continuing the recurring theme of alcohol-fueled fighting in our selected plays, True West really felt like one of the first "contemporary" plays we've read this semester.  The language, characters, and situations felt more current than those of the plays we've read previously, so it was a bit easier to get into the play.  That being said, however, I did find the action of the play a bit monotonous.  It seemed like every two seconds, the brothers would start bickering or fighting with one another.  It reminded me a lot of Virginia Woolf in this regard.  Though I appreciated the reversal of roles and the exploration of sibling rivalry, after a while it just felt like all these characters were allowed to do was pick at each other until they started another battle.  I do understand that this was the crux of the play's message and central point, but the action could've been broken up by a few different scenes. Other than that, though, I really enjoyed reading the play - a lot more than I expected to.