What do critics owe artists, and is there a level of criticism that goes too far? Can a transactional relationship between critic and artist ever amount to anything honest? What about when there's a gendered power imbalance at play? This play asks those questions in the form of an intimate dinner date between a female chef and the scathing male food critic who bashed her. The stakes only grow as we realize exactly how much power one party has over the other. I love the reversal and the whiplash moment of realizing who had regained the reins! Funny, sexy work!
What do critics owe artists, and is there a level of criticism that goes too far? Can a transactional relationship between critic and artist ever amount to anything honest? What about when there's a gendered power imbalance at play? This play asks those questions in the form of an intimate dinner date between a female chef and the scathing male food critic who bashed her. The stakes only grow as we realize exactly how much power one party has over the other. I love the reversal and the whiplash moment of realizing who had regained the reins! Funny, sexy work!