←Recommendations of CRUSH

  • Daniel Prillaman: CRUSH by Deepak Kumar
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    How fine is the line between lack of romantic attraction and racism? Kumar’s short play fires on all cylinders as both comedy and drama, light-heartedly drawing sharp, incisive points about race and privilege. Instantly among the best ten minute plays I’ve ever come across.

    How fine is the line between lack of romantic attraction and racism? Kumar’s short play fires on all cylinders as both comedy and drama, light-heartedly drawing sharp, incisive points about race and privilege. Instantly among the best ten minute plays I’ve ever come across.

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  • Louis DeVaughn Nelson: CRUSH by Deepak Kumar
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    Brilliantly offensive and stupid funny, this fast-paced exploration of "it's just a preference" tackles a heavy subject in a lighthearted way.

    Brilliantly offensive and stupid funny, this fast-paced exploration of "it's just a preference" tackles a heavy subject in a lighthearted way.

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  • David Hilder: CRUSH by Deepak Kumar
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    There is an all too rare OOOOOOF moment in this play, a defining thing that gets said out loud, that does everything drama is meant to: It surprises, it shocks, it makes sense while also being entirely unexpected. This short play captures a lot of big reality in just a few pages. Terrific work.

    There is an all too rare OOOOOOF moment in this play, a defining thing that gets said out loud, that does everything drama is meant to: It surprises, it shocks, it makes sense while also being entirely unexpected. This short play captures a lot of big reality in just a few pages. Terrific work.

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  • Larry Rinkel: CRUSH by Deepak Kumar
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    Deepak Kumar handles the issue of inter-racial teenage dating (here, South Asian-Americans with white) with deftness and humor. His four characters sound like totally with-it Americans, as up on the latest technology as on the latest slang, but the brown boy who wants to date the white girl who doesn't want to date white boys has as futile a quest as the same brown boy who asks to date the brown girl who wants to date only whites. Though there's a touch of sadness in this play, the theme is handled overall with a lovely lightness.

    Deepak Kumar handles the issue of inter-racial teenage dating (here, South Asian-Americans with white) with deftness and humor. His four characters sound like totally with-it Americans, as up on the latest technology as on the latest slang, but the brown boy who wants to date the white girl who doesn't want to date white boys has as futile a quest as the same brown boy who asks to date the brown girl who wants to date only whites. Though there's a touch of sadness in this play, the theme is handled overall with a lovely lightness.

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