It was the best of times, it was the worst of times - Christmas, that is. DRUNK CHRISTMAS establishes with a raucous joke on the first page that this is the anti-Currier and Ives Christmas play and playwright McLindon keeps his dark promise to the end. I saw this play as a part of a Zoom Christmas festival, and found it to be courageous in its exploration of just how unhappy a time the holiday season can be. The alcoholic and the goth girl receive the great gift of themselves, safe and asleep and just perhaps better for it.
It was the best of times, it was the worst of times - Christmas, that is. DRUNK CHRISTMAS establishes with a raucous joke on the first page that this is the anti-Currier and Ives Christmas play and playwright McLindon keeps his dark promise to the end. I saw this play as a part of a Zoom Christmas festival, and found it to be courageous in its exploration of just how unhappy a time the holiday season can be. The alcoholic and the goth girl receive the great gift of themselves, safe and asleep and just perhaps better for it.