Word: gurney
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...Although Gurney does not quite achieve his goal of writing a forceful political play, he does successfully challenge the constraints of the medium of the play...
...making the affair plot unimportant, Gurney mocks tv shows and movies which do revolve around such typical plots. In fact, Gurney takes several stabs at sitcoms...
Another target of Gurney's comic attack is George Bush. Peggy gives a speech that Clinton campaign advisors would have loved. But like the Cole Porter songs, the speech would be good in another context, but it does not jibe well with the rest of the play...
...talk with Harvard students sponsored by Harvard's Office for the Arts, Gurney said he was trying to make a political statement with The Fourth Wall...
When asked what he was trying to do with Peggy's speech, Gurney replied that it was a "slash across the canvas." But the slash does not come across as a bold political statement; rather, it jars the feeling of the play...