Walking the Dead. Keith Curran

ISBN: 9780822212188

Published: January 28th 1998

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Walking the Dead. by Keith Curran

Walking the Dead. by Keith Curran
January 28th 1998 | Paperback | PDF, EPUB, FB2, DjVu, audiobook, mp3, RTF | 0 pages | ISBN: 9780822212188 | 3.71 Mb

Maya Deboats, a performance artist, calls together the family and friends of her recently murdered lover, Veronica, for a performance art memorial service that travels seamlessly through the past and present in an effort to reconstruct VeronicasMoreMaya Deboats, a performance artist, calls together the family and friends of her recently murdered lover, Veronica, for a performance art memorial service that travels seamlessly through the past and present in an effort to reconstruct Veronicas life. Together they create an actual, lasting structure a work of art which ultimately helps them to understand and move on.

We learn that Veronica, who at first believes she is a lesbian, is actually a man trapped in a womans body. After much deliberation, Veronica chooses surgery and becomes Homer. Homer, however, is once again trapped when his mother calls with an invitation to her upcoming wedding.

Homer attends the ceremony dressed as Veronica, where he realizes the full impact of denial-of-self that resulted in his dressing up. Walking home, Homer is attacked by two men who assume he is a woman. As the attack progresses, the attackers discover Homer is a man and brutally kill him.

The participants of the memorial service begin to comprehend their general complicity as well as their specific innocence in the machinations that led to Homers death. The play becomes a larger comment on our attitudes toward change, selfhood and the boundaries of love.



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