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Google “emotional turmoil,” “skinny jeans,” or “near-death in a bathtub,” and you’ll probably come across a YouTube link for Tegan and Sara??s video for “The Con.” The meek opening chords, when coupled with successive shots of a nervously-jiggling, Converse-clad foot, followed by Tegan draped melancholically on a therapist’s couch, set the angst factor rather high. The ashy tones and urban feel just ooze somberness...
...father. David proceeds to describe his own anger, so affected by his indifference towards life that even it is apathetic; the way in which he copes with his temper is to sleep. As the play progresses, the two trade off their storytelling in a series of anecdotes that involves Sara??s hatred of everyone she knows and David’s unwillingness to try anything remotely new. Eventually, both realize that their jaded perspectives conceal well-developed defense mechanisms against deeper fears and secrets...
...yelling quickly became old, she effectively portrayed her character’s inner rage. Alterman’s performance was touching and powerful not because of how loud she could be, but because of the means by which she built tension between Sara and the audience. Alterman effectively revealed Sara??s cursing and screaming as an attempt to cope with her rape by a classmate ten years ago, and led us to understand how a minor character in one of Sara??s anecdotes could call her “delicate...
...music, directed by Dan Alterman, was well tailored to the personalities and growth of each character. Sara??s accompaniment was full of dark tones, whereas the modern instrumental music accompanying David’s scenes was lighter, more playful, and eminently suitable for his character. Kleinedler’s effective direction and blocking made good use of space, allowing the characters’ movements to become an essential, often comic part of their performances...
Ultimately, “Diptych” tells two stories of loss and anger. Despite both Sara??s and David’s difficult journeys of self-discovery, Alterman and Mogolov resoundingly evoked the power of using humor to overcome painful personal obstacles...