true west

        This play was disturbingly funny. It was my first time reading it, and I enjoyed it very much. Alcohol yet again seems to be a character on its own. Both brothers, Lee and Austin, end up getting belligerently drunk. Austin, the more organized and established of the two brothers, abstains from drinking for as long as he cans, but eventually gives in. Lee on the other hand, begins drinking basically from the moment we meet him. Lee and Austin are different in personality, but as the play continues, they slowly start to turn into one another. Their father, the "old man," abandoned them for the desert. He seems to play a role even though he isn't there physically. In my opinion, this play shows us that we cannot escape our family, as Austin decides that he wants to quit his life in the suburbs and run off to the desert, like his father. The two brothers are themselves, each other, and their father.