←Recommendations of Tooth Or Dare

  • Adam Richter: Tooth Or Dare by Emily McClain
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    The mythos of childhood fantasy characters is — complicated. Emily McClain skewers it brilliantly, focusing on the one that, frankly, has the lowest financial requirement for parents. The Tooth Fairy is upset that her rating fell because of one bad review, even though she outsources her labor to parents. She, like most of us, puts too much stock in her branding and online reputation. Unlike most of us, she has a plan to get her ratings up.
    Don't get in her way.

    The mythos of childhood fantasy characters is — complicated. Emily McClain skewers it brilliantly, focusing on the one that, frankly, has the lowest financial requirement for parents. The Tooth Fairy is upset that her rating fell because of one bad review, even though she outsources her labor to parents. She, like most of us, puts too much stock in her branding and online reputation. Unlike most of us, she has a plan to get her ratings up.
    Don't get in her way.

    ”
  • Scott Sickles: Tooth Or Dare by Emily McClain
    “

    I can’t say I wasn’t warned. This play… let’s just say there are a few twists by the end.

    McClain’s sharp satire skewers the reliance of ratings and branding in the gig economy, the power internet based approval gives children, and the lax parenting that makes that possible. It all happens in the midst of fun premise that grants us several payoffs! Easy and fun to produce, especially for the costume designer!

    Indeed, DO NOT piss off this tooth fairy!

    I can’t say I wasn’t warned. This play… let’s just say there are a few twists by the end.

    McClain’s sharp satire skewers the reliance of ratings and branding in the gig economy, the power internet based approval gives children, and the lax parenting that makes that possible. It all happens in the midst of fun premise that grants us several payoffs! Easy and fun to produce, especially for the costume designer!

    Indeed, DO NOT piss off this tooth fairy!

    ”
  • Peter Dakutis: Tooth Or Dare by Emily McClain
    “

    In this very dark but highly entertaining play, Emily McClain skewers our obsession with "likes" and ratings. After receiving a bad score because a child's parents screwed up, the Tooth Fairy channels the Furies (the Tooth Fury?) and exacts vengeance. People, she is not here to play. This terrifying reimagining of TF is going to stay with me for a long time. Tooth or Dare was a hit with the folks at Snowdance and should be a popular choice with other festivals for years to come.

    In this very dark but highly entertaining play, Emily McClain skewers our obsession with "likes" and ratings. After receiving a bad score because a child's parents screwed up, the Tooth Fairy channels the Furies (the Tooth Fury?) and exacts vengeance. People, she is not here to play. This terrifying reimagining of TF is going to stay with me for a long time. Tooth or Dare was a hit with the folks at Snowdance and should be a popular choice with other festivals for years to come.

    ”
  • John Busser: Tooth Or Dare by Emily McClain
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    Disney meets the Sopranos in this charmingly funny little takedown of our need to get likes and stars and good reviews. A Tooth Fairy with a need for high ratings takes a leg breaker's (or in this case, jaw breaker's) course of action with a couple of parents who didn't keep up their end of the "arrangement". The TF may have gotten a bad writeup, but this play won't.

    Disney meets the Sopranos in this charmingly funny little takedown of our need to get likes and stars and good reviews. A Tooth Fairy with a need for high ratings takes a leg breaker's (or in this case, jaw breaker's) course of action with a couple of parents who didn't keep up their end of the "arrangement". The TF may have gotten a bad writeup, but this play won't.

    ”
  • Lisa Dellagiarino Feriend: Tooth Or Dare by Emily McClain
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    What a quick, smart, funny play! The Tooth Fairy has been given a bad review, and she will NOT let it stand. Emily McClain's play was a delight from start to finish. I would love to see it on stage.

    What a quick, smart, funny play! The Tooth Fairy has been given a bad review, and she will NOT let it stand. Emily McClain's play was a delight from start to finish. I would love to see it on stage.

    ”
  • Steven Hayet: Tooth Or Dare by Emily McClain
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    Negative reviews can tank a brand, even if that brand is a household name. Emily McClain has written is an incredibly silly and fun play about one of the most famous magical beings: the Tooth Fairy. With the pandemic keeping us in social bubbles, this could be a great play for a family of actors. Read it. Produce it. But whatever you do, DO NOT leave this Tooth Fairy play a bad review.

    Negative reviews can tank a brand, even if that brand is a household name. Emily McClain has written is an incredibly silly and fun play about one of the most famous magical beings: the Tooth Fairy. With the pandemic keeping us in social bubbles, this could be a great play for a family of actors. Read it. Produce it. But whatever you do, DO NOT leave this Tooth Fairy play a bad review.

    ”