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    <body><![CDATA[I'm not a fan of Neil LaBute. I find his characterizations distasteful, and he seems unable to find a redeeming quality in any of his male protaganists. This play is no different. <br/><br/>Tom is a meely-mouthed, twenty-something account executive who falls in love with an obese librarian, named ...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/50953834">more...</a>]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[I think &quot;Your Friends and Neighbors&quot; is a great play and &quot;The Shape of Things&quot; for all its aspirations is a simple exercise in bitterness and misogyny. LaBute's ambitions are more modest here, and his misanthropy is not so insistent. Unhappy ending aside, its sort of simple and s...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/60856251">more...</a>]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[a quick read (seriously, during one commute) that is a simply staged, simply acted play (just a series of dialogues between a young attractive man, his two shallow co-workers and his fat girlfriend.  the play asks all of the right questions and tackles the issues of vanity, worrying what others thin...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/51473315">more...</a>]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[as a play its kind of brilliant, it's meaty and disjointed and wierd, but i love that and no one writes for girls who eat, and its a story that goes from exciting and hopeful to absolutely devastating in one scene... if played right.]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[Characters seemed to superficial - didn't get a chance to like/dislike them.  The romance seemed far-fetched &amp; melodramatic at times.  Good ending &amp; concept; just didn't deliver all the goods, as they say.]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[the only gripe I have about the play is that the ending is so abrupt. otherwise, I loved it. it's not necessarily a pleasant read, but considering the characters I thought it was really honest. ]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[Last month, my dear cousin starred in this play as Tom. Since I couldn't see the show, I read it. It seems that my cousin was well cast, as Tom  was the only potentially likable character.  There was goodness in Tom, but sadly he drowned in his insecurities, preventing him from being happy with Hele...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/22590169">more...</a>]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[One of my audition pieces is from this play and I wanted to re-read it and look for new ideas about the character.<br/><br/>I love the language in this play.  It sounds incredibly authentic and modern to me.  And I think this play tackles some of the way we perceive people with weight problems tha...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/21522278">more...</a>]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[The thing about Neil LaBute is that I almost feel guilty for enjoying his work. I appreciate his brutal honesty, as uncomfortable as it makes me feel. Given the subject matter of Fat Pig, which explores body image and shallow perceptions of attractiveness, I was uneasy from the start; the title alon...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/22612159">more...</a>]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[I cried at the end of this.  The man is a GENIUS.]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[How awful shallow scum live.]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[boring. nothing new revealed]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[Was not impressed at the beginning, just because it seemed like i was reading the two male characters from 'reasons to be pretty' in a different scene, but the play quickly gathered a different speed and path.  the last scene might be one of the most uncomfortable things i've ever read.  i can't ima...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/53698963">more...</a>]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[This is a great Labute play.  Funn and Tragic with characters that are based in reality and talk like it.  The ending is great and I'm sad I didn't get to do the show with The Weekend Theater this spring, I was really looking forward to it.  Read it and go see it if you can.]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[So this is actually about a guy who is trying to come to grips with the fact that he is dating a fat girl.  If you can get past the absurdity of the premise, it raises some interesting points about insecurity.  ]]></body>
    
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    <![CDATA[&lt;div&gt;Cow. Slob. Pig. How many insults can you hear before you have to stand up and defend the woman you love? Tom faces just that question when he falls for Helen, a bright, funny, sexy young woman who happens to be plus sized-and then some. Forced to explain his new relationship to his shallow (although shockingly funny) friends, finally he comes to terms with his own preconceptions of the importance of conventional good looks. Neil LaBute's sharply drawn play not only critiques our slavish adherence to Hollywood ideals of beauty but boldy questions our own ability to change what we dislike about ourselves.<br/>&lt;/div&gt;]]>
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    <body><![CDATA[Would you expect any other play from me?  :)  This is very short and an interesting read.  It shows the plight of the fatty in our society!!  :)]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[Great dialogue. One of three plays by the playwright all on the theme of body image.]]></body>
    
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