The Shape Of Things Neil Labute Play Summary

Choosing the wrong ones leads to misery and ugliness spiritual ugliness most of all.

The shape of things neil labute play summary. According to the author s instructions it is to be performed without an interval or a curtain call. The shape of things almeida at king s cross london. A quiet unassuming man begins to change in a major way as a result of meeting a new art student girlfriend and his friends are unsettled by the transformation. 3 75 rating details 3 166 ratings 110 reviews.

Regrettably the shape of things waits until the final 10 minutes to let the jaw dropping cruelty and viciousness take form. Neil labute the diretor of the scathing i in the company of men i once again explores the dynamics between men and women. Central themes in the shape of things focus on the nature of stoicism art. The shape of things is the same thing.

After a chance meeting at a museum evelyn and adam embark on an intense relationship that causes shy and principled adam to go to extraordinary lengths including cosmetic surgery and a betrayal of his best friend to improve his appearance and character. Paul rudd stars as adam a shy nerdy english student and museum guard. In the company of men nasty toxic masculinity is on full display. Although labute s play is clearly on to something it would be better still if it cut more quickly.

In a modern version of adam s seduction by eve the shape of things pits gentle awkward overweight adam against experienced analytical amoral evelyn a graduate student in art. A startling dissection of cruelty and artistic creation from the author of in the company of men and your friends and neighbors. By matt wolf the actors don t bow at the end of neil labute s the shape of things which says something about the shape of an evening that doesn t want a curtain call to interrupt the inevitable. The shape of things is a 2001 play by american author and film director neil labute and a 2003 american romantic drama film.

Adam is a nerdy awkward english major working part time in a museum as a security guard. The shape of things. As their relationship develops she gradually encourages adam to change in various ways that surprise his older friends jenny and philip. In his thoughtful film the shape of things writer director neil labute demonstrates these truths masterfully through the choices and fates of his characters.

While visiting an art museum a nerdy college student named adam meets an iconoclastic artist named evelyn and is instantly smitten. Rachel weisz plays art student evelyn who unawares to adam takes him on for an ambitious project. It premièred at the almeida theatre london in 2001 with paul rudd as adam rachel weisz as evelyn gretchen mol as jenny and fred weller as phillip. The play was directed by labute himself.