“ Oh no! This one minute play reminds me of the HELP song from "Free to be You and Me." The man thinks he's "helping" but instead he's just "crushing it" so to speak. Not in a good way. Funny and sad in the same moment. ”

“ Some plays are poems, and this is one of them. This piece is an active visual metaphor, ripe with opportunities for the theatrical, but the length of the play makes it feel impossible to realize...which is part of the beauty of it! It's such a specific, fascinating observation and translation of the concept of "mansplaining" (and possibly more than that) in the most elegant and efficient package. Unique, heartbreaking, and relatable. ”

“ Wow! A powerful few minutes that will leave audiences talking. ”

“ I wondered, for a moment, if the titular bird would be a prop operated by a stagehand or a puppet. I've determined that either way, the visual is quite funny. In an incredibly short space of time, Nora Louise Syran left me thinking about the ways in which the casually powerful swoop in and harm those aiming to give help and aid. "I daren't touch it, for it is filthy," they say, until the object of their ire is nearly dealt with in compassion, and then they come, touch, and break, and say, "Ah, that's done." All with a smile. ”