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  • Essay / Analysis of God of Carnage - 721

    The director who helmed this play has built the best platform for the actors to showcase their skills. The staging was solid in that the audience was informed of what was happening, one hundred percent of the time. As a result, confusion was kept to a minimum and the audience was able to understand some of the ideas and themes that revolved around the play. Certain aspects of the play have been intentionally highlighted to illustrate specific key elements that motivated the play's themes. The fact that each character had very obvious internal issues that prevented them from understanding each other was constantly in the audience's face through verbal and physical conflicts that brought these issues to light. The staging of the play was also effective. Set in the living room of a seemingly modern house, exotic and colorful household items have been placed throughout, making the whole thing beautiful and interesting to look at. With push theater, actors can sometimes get lost on one or both sides of the viewing space; however, this rendition of God of Carnage takes this into account by implementing blocking that presents each character from all sides of the audience, at different parts of the production. God of Carnage is a well-written play, and the production I had the pleasure of seeing did not disappoint at all. All the appropriate elements were there, whether those elements belong to the actors or the director.