Randall's Wal-Mart Epiphany

Thesis Blues

Writing a thesis is hard.

“I consider my work to be fairly cutting. I deal with severe issues, exploring social ills like rape, violence, addiction, etc. from different, and more controversial, perspectives than other works that I’ve read. I find ways to empathize with every character I create, no matter how deplorable they are. I don’t like writing “nice” or “good” characters, mainly because I’m hard-pressed to find people of that ilk populating my surroundings. I write violence, I write bigotry, because they exist, and because I believe they need to be explored. I’m tired of castrated theatre. I’m tired of theatre that simply wishes to entertain. It has its place, but it bores me. I want to push buttons. I want to incite anger. I want to take chances. I want a play to follow you out of the theatre, not to wither and die once its audience has left the building.”

I’m listening to Death Cab. I like Death Cab.