Six Degrees of Separation | The Con Games People Play
The author exposes the various elements that are employed within Six Degrees of Separation.
John Guare's Six Degrees of Separation begins with a scene of pure urban hysteria. Ouisa Kittredge (Stockard Chanmng) and her art-dealer husband, Flan (John Cunningham), flap about their ritzy New York apartment in a frenzy; they've discovered that they've been hoodwinked by a young black man, Paul (James McDaniel), who's passed himself off as the son of actor Sidney Poitier. Claiming to be short on cash while awaiting the return of his "father," Paul has talked himself into the hospitality of Flan and Ouisa, who later discover their guest copulating with a male...
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