Like this book, it has three acts, set on three different days. The plot of Our Town is slow-moving and sometimes dismissed as hokey—a piece of simpleminded Americana. But those who know the play intimately, like Brink did, understand that there’s a chastening edge to Wilder’s script—beginning with his invention of the “Stage Manager” character, who speaks directly to the audience throughout the evening, narrating the story.
Ok i see what he's doing here, narratively.
