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...Chelsea Toder’s unflinching portrayal of Lisa, the conflicted leading lady caught between husband/leading man (Sean R. Fredricks ’07) and her lover/director (Daniel L. Goodkin ‘06), was passionate and convincing in her attention to detail. However, Fredricks might be awarded the honors of the evening for his versatility and effortless energy. Fredricks’s Matthew was persuasively compassionate, angry, deluded and heartfelt by turns, giving a well-considered performance replete with a depth of emotional complexity...
...David Chelsea copes with his most recent breakup with Minnie...
...months she finally arrives, but moves out within days because she decides she doesn't love him. The remainder of the book is a detailed portrait of a hopeless emotional dynamic between a needy doormat, a manipulative neurotic and the various ancillary lovers that get involved with them. "David Chelsea in Love" reads like a comical horror show, compelling you to keep turning pages while sucking wind through your teeth at each new development. Even if the story gets a little exasperating (Dump her already!) you can at least count on a good sex scene very ten pages...
...book. It's like the only reality for these people is when they are in bed together. The parts of the book that carry the story slyly reference the style of Winsor McCay, a pioneering cartoonist whose most famous strip was called "Little Nemo in Slumberland." Like McCay, Chelsea plays with the comix form by busting up the layouts and adding whimsical, surreal moments. At one point David's reflection steps out of the mirror, dressed in a clown suit, and tries to talk some sense into the freshly humiliated artist...
...Sexy, funny and extremely compelling, both "David Chelsea in Love" and "Real Stuff" are top examples of the comix autobiographic form. They prove that even the seemingly unextraordinary life has as much drama as that of anyone considered more worthy of public exposure...