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...Vendetta,” “The Matrix,” and “28 Days Later,” “Rant” is sure to be gratifying for Palahniuk’s faithful readers and “virgins?? alike. Palahniuk, the author of such titles as “Fight Club” and “Choke,” has a unique and twisted writing style easily recognizable from a hundred miles away. His quick narrative movements force the reader to hold on, following along in limbo between laughing...
This can hardly be a criticism, however, when it is the stated goal of one of the organizations presenting the play. “Raisins, Not Virgins?? is the fourth collaboration of the Harvard South Asian Association (SAA) and the Boston-based South Asian American Theater (SAATh). The program states that “SAATh resolves to confront all forms of fundamentalism dividing our world by race, religion, gender, class or nation,” and the play clearly succeeds in that goal...
This success, however, occasionally comes at the price of storytelling. Playwright Sharbari Ahmed created a play in which every individual scene works well, but it doesn’t quite mesh. “Raisins, Not Virgins?? tells the story of a young New York professional, Muslim by birth but ambivalent about religion, who is pulled in different directions by her pushy yet loving mother, her boyfriend, and his family...
...lighting in “Raisins, Not Virgins?? deserves special mention. Harvard Law School student Shankar Duraiswamy, the lighting designer, uses spotlights in the same scene as standard lighting to highlight characters, and occasionally drenches the stage in red. Without going over the top, he accentuates the characters’ emotions in each scene...
Well-produced and well-directed, “Raisins, Not Virgins?? is an effective and thoughtful examination of the issues facing contemporary Islam. It is also an entertaining romantic comedy. But its weakness lies in trying to be both at once. To that end, “Raisins, Not Virgins?? is a play well worth seeing if you don’t mind coming for one play and staying...