SR review: “Non-Player Character” at Red Theater Chicago
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Walt McGough’s take on video-game culture has lots of clever touches, but the final boss is (so far) impossible to beat Theater review by Kris Vire Walt McGough’s dramatic treatment of #Gamergate is a worthy primer on that particular flavor of toxic masculinity. And in Beth Wolf’s staging for Red Theater, it’s packed with clever touches for the video-game astute. Unfortunately, McGough isn’t able to bring this narrative to a satisfying conclusion—but then again, we as a society haven’t managed that, either.
SR review: “Non-Player Character” at Red Theater Chicago
SR review: “Non-Player Character” at Red…
SR review: “Non-Player Character” at Red Theater Chicago
Walt McGough’s take on video-game culture has lots of clever touches, but the final boss is (so far) impossible to beat Theater review by Kris Vire Walt McGough’s dramatic treatment of #Gamergate is a worthy primer on that particular flavor of toxic masculinity. And in Beth Wolf’s staging for Red Theater, it’s packed with clever touches for the video-game astute. Unfortunately, McGough isn’t able to bring this narrative to a satisfying conclusion—but then again, we as a society haven’t managed that, either.