Thursday, October 8, 2020

The Effect of Gamma Rays on Man-in-the-Moon Marigolds

 

This is a pretty good play about an abusive mother and the damaging effect she has on her two daughters.  One of which is an ambitious kid working on a science experiment at the moment.  What the mother does at the end of the play angered me.  I actually like what Paul Zindel did more after this play.  He went on to write a bunch of prize-winning young adult books.  When I was a teenager I wasn't really into young adult but I loved these books.  They were quirky and did a successful job at getting into the minds of teenagers.  This play succeeds on that level too and I am anxious to watch the Paul Newman movie.  

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