ART

I found the play "Art" by Yasmina Reza to be very interesting. The thing I noticed most about it was the use of audience directed monologues. As an actress I read a lot of plays and this is not something that is done often. I felt like it really worked in this play because it allowed the characters to say things that they could not say to the other characters. The monologues allow the characters to reveal a lot of important information to the audience without changing the dynamics between the three friends. For example, without these monolouges we need Marc to talk to either Serge or Yvan about how tolorant Yvan can be. This is important for us to know because it is forshadowing of what comes later, that Yvan stays in the middle of the argument. It would make no sense for Marc to talk to either character about this. By using the monologues we get this information in a way that makes sense and is intresting. The use of audience directed monologues can be wierd but I think it really works well as a device in this play.