Duncan Schuster

Aggression could look different in a female than in a male.  If you are going to play Jerry as a female, you will need to think about the lines which might imply seduction.  Do you want the...

The knife is significant since murder/suicide by KNIFE is more personal than death by a gun.  One doesn't need to be close to his victim if he shoots a gun.  But in order to be stabbed, people must...

Jerry is "disconnected."  He has lost his family.  He does not answer the letters he has saved in his strong box.  He only loves the "little ladies" once.  He has failed at the only relationship...

What happens at the end is exactly what Jerry wanted to happen.  He wanted to die but not until he had an "intimate" connection with another human being.  Jerry wished to "matter."  He wished to...

Jerry has been seen by critics as a "Christ figure" or at the very least a martyr who changes Peter's life forever with his short "encounter."  Jerry brings the message to Peter that there is...