←Recommendations of OPTIONAL BOSS BATTLE

  • Daniel Prillaman: OPTIONAL BOSS BATTLE by Nick Malakhow
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    I’m still new to Malakhow’s work, but I can easily say his gift for creation is nothing short of astounding. His characters leap effortlessly off the page, fully formed before the first line. Here, his tale of young men searching and grasping for perseverance and purpose amidst traumas both personal and unexpectedly global is simply beautiful, and crests to moments that are moving, vulnerable, and so so earned. If you read only one thing set in the backdrop of this crazy time, let it be this piece. My eye will be on it for years to come.

    I’m still new to Malakhow’s work, but I can easily say his gift for creation is nothing short of astounding. His characters leap effortlessly off the page, fully formed before the first line. Here, his tale of young men searching and grasping for perseverance and purpose amidst traumas both personal and unexpectedly global is simply beautiful, and crests to moments that are moving, vulnerable, and so so earned. If you read only one thing set in the backdrop of this crazy time, let it be this piece. My eye will be on it for years to come.

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  • Ellen Koivisto: OPTIONAL BOSS BATTLE by Nick Malakhow
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    What a beautiful piece! Ruben and Alonso are teens nominally doing school on Zoom with tech-challenged and/or clueless teachers and admins, while hiding out in or dealing with: online multiplayer games, major family stuff, class issues, and the work of growing up. This script dives below the surface of teen life. You're not sure, just like in life, if Al and Ruben will make disastrous choices or if they'll survive. The beauty of the piece, what makes it touching and true, is in seeing them fighting through to a kind of okay. Because that's enough to keep going on.

    What a beautiful piece! Ruben and Alonso are teens nominally doing school on Zoom with tech-challenged and/or clueless teachers and admins, while hiding out in or dealing with: online multiplayer games, major family stuff, class issues, and the work of growing up. This script dives below the surface of teen life. You're not sure, just like in life, if Al and Ruben will make disastrous choices or if they'll survive. The beauty of the piece, what makes it touching and true, is in seeing them fighting through to a kind of okay. Because that's enough to keep going on.

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