[Book] Never Swim Alone

Again, I rather watch this play on stage than read it. A very strange play that relies a lot on the choreography of its physical theatre, which the print version is simply incapable of expressing fully. The whole play consists of only 3 characters, and the story involves the 2 male characters competing for the lone female's affection on the strange setting of a beach. It's a surreal story in which the subtext is the text; everything is meant to be taken symbolically. To simply put, the play is about masculinity and how far men would go to prove they are the alpha male; it is a pissing contest (the characters at one point compare the lengths of their penises). There isn't really a plot per se, just rapid gunfire dialogue and intense physical interplay between the two male characters. I liked the play but wished I was seeing it on stage instead of reading it.

7/10