Subverse Aphrodesia

Terrence McNally's new play -- Dedication or the Stuff of Dreams -- might suck but this review of it by Larry Worth of the Hollywood Reporter is a most entertaining read.

Describing the work as an "endless parade of cliches that gets increasingly labored as it trudges on to a metaphor-heavy finale," Worth writes, "McNally's script would have fared better had it stayed even marginally focused. Instead, the writer tackles dysfunctional families, infidelity, aborted dreams, the transformative power of theater and the very meaning of life. And that's not mentioning his rants against coffee store franchises, Shakespeare being overrated and the girth of opera connoisseurs."

Ouch!