Indiscretions | Review by Eileen Blumenthal
In the following review, Blumenthal identifies the mythical, fantastical and neurotic in the sexual relations in Cocteau’s play Indiscretions. She also notes that the play is less about the male adolescent view of the world and more about “a homosexual male vision of heterosexual coming of age.”
“Unbelievable!” the characters in Les Parents Terribles pronounce at each preposterous turn of events. And they’re right. Yet, from a tangle of impossible coincidence and illogic, Jean Cocteau has spun a persuasive tale. Les Parents Terribles, in its current Broadway incarnation, Indiscretions, presents the world according to 22-year-old Michael— that is, the subjective, half-baked, narcissistic reality of a boy belatedly careening into adolescence. Like most adolescents, Michael suffers as his rightful happiness is stymied at every turn. Mom will kill...
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