subUrbia (Masterplots II: Drama, Revised Edition)
At a glance:
- Author: Eric Bogosian
- First Published: 1995
- Type of Plot: Social realism
- Time of Work: The 1990’s
- Setting: Burnfield, a small Massachusetts town near Boston
- Principal Characters: Tim Mitchum, Buff Macleod, Jeff Gallagher, Norman Chaudry, Pakeeza, Bee-Bee, Sooze, Pony, Erica
- Genres: Social realism, Drama
- Subjects: Maturation or coming of age, Despair, Youth, Ambition, Fate or fatalism, Suburban life, Boredom, Motivation
- Locales: Massachusetts
The Play
The headline of Janet Maslin’s review of the film version of subUrbia in The New York Times reads, “Seeking the Meaningful in a Store’s Parking Lot.” This description essentially sums up Eric Bogosian’s play. The author presents six people in their twenties whose major tie is that they attended high school together. Five of the six are aimless and unmotivated. Still in the process of finding themselves, they congregate in the parking lot of a 7-Eleven convenience store run by a brother-sister team from Pakistan, Norman and Pakeeza. They litter...
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