←Recommendations of Good Vibrations

A fun short. The ending is so gratifying. Well done

"Good Vibrations" is the wish-fulfillment play I'd love to make manifest for every hypocrite out there. It's a nice tart retort to those that doth protest too much. [24/10/12]

I love a good dose of karma! Snappy dialogue and familiar characters... and two snaps up for the ending! A fun ride.

There's much that gets unpacked in this playlet by the increasingly prolific Philip Middleton Williams, not the least of which is the exploration of bigotry and and narrow-minded actions by those who are both in perspective and in self, stuck in the past. To see bigotry so casually displayed and passed off as "beliefs" show the insidious ways in which people justify a worldview that seeks to oppress and police how one lives their life, but it wouldn't be a Philip Middleton Williams play without humor and his trademark punchline that collapses the bigot's message. A great short piece.

There's nothing quite like someone who has never understood oppression reminding you that you're a second-class citizen, that their life the standard-bearer and because yours is not, then it doesn't count. Williams examines this conflict with a light touch, great humor, and a superhuman amount of grace. Those who feed off making others feel inferior often do so to deflect from their own insecurities. Williams builds this comic conflict with great subtlety leading to a terrific payoff!

There are certain things we wish were no longer an issue in our society, but as Williams shows in this crackerjack little play, some people continue to hide behind the self-imposed mores they have created while fearing those who have embraced their own truth. The unexpected ending is brilliantly executed—one should have seen it coming, but doesn’t.

The writer's trademark wit is evident throughout this compact work and caps off a stunner of an ending. I admire how well-rounded and present the characters are in just a few short minutes of dialogue. What really makes it work for me is the careful study of micro-aggressions incisively detailed and revealed as the simple prejudices they are. An important statement rendered with wonderful verve.

How sweet this is! Love wins again. PMW knows how to go high when they go low and he does it with wit and class. Start or end your day with this play - it will put a spring in your step and a smile for the world. The world needs more smiles and Good Vibrations supplies them.

Yes, Philip Middleton Williams, yes! “Good Vibrations” is yet another sharp, witty, and pointed play by this talented story-teller. Beautifully understated dialog with the perfect ending. I hope someone who needs their eyes opened reads this. Tremendous job, Philip!

In five crisply written pages, Philip Middleton Williams turns a sour lemon into the sweetest lemonade whilst delivering a subtly sharp “fuck you” to a lame-brained hypocrite, and he does it with wonderfully wry elegance and style.

Bravo, Philip!