Six Degrees of Separation
by John Guare
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Author: John GuareEdition: Paperback
Audio: English (Unknown); English (Original Language); English (Published)
Published: 1992-01-05
ISBN: 0822210347
Number of pages: 72
Publisher: Dramatists Play Service, Inc.
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Book Review: A play about everything
Summary: 3 Stars
After reading a book about the Oscars, I decided to seek out books that were made into films, and I came across Guare's now-famous play that was produced on Broadway in the 1990s and eventually made into a film starring Will Smith and Stockard Channing. A young black man, feigning injury, insinuates himself into the lives of art dealer Flan Kitteredge and his wife, Ouisa. He claims to have known their kids at college and also claims to be Sidney Poitier's son. They have a wildly fascinating conversation during their first meeting, but after inviting him to stay the night, they discover him in bed with a male hustler. Then Ouisa and Flan discover the con: other friends of theirs have also had run-ins with this man, Paul, and his lies eventually lead to tragedy.
Ouisa gives the play's best and most famous monologue in which she talks about their being six degrees of separation from every individual on the planet. Performed as a play, it's only about 90 minutes long, but those minutes are filled with seamlessly joined dialogue between well-rounded characters who seem to leap off the page.
Summary of Six Degrees of Separation
The extraordinary tragicomedy of race, class and manners.From the Trade Paperback edition.
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