Monster Essays - The Way We Live Now
The Way We Live Now – abstract
"The Way We Live Now" is designed to create a dialogue surrounding the issues of AIDS. The play will confront these issues and allow each reader to explore their own beliefs without being confronted by controversial situations. It is a clear, lyrical piece with emphasis placed on words and individual feelings.
"The Way We Live Now" consists entirely of fragments of conversation among friends concerned about a friend with AIDS. They confer on the telephone, over coffee, in the halls of the hospital, about the patient and his illness. They speculate, prognosticate,....
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