Jeannie Nie

It’s a cruel summer for primer, it is a cruel summer, fall, winter and spring for many who live with minimum wage.

The original idea is so interesting and I got attracted by the post at first glance (well it’s made via AI though). The reasons why primer has to live with minimum are very convincing, with the power of social media, it needs to be done sometimes. Then minimum wage affects primer’s eating (the blue liquid is soooo hilarious) (no spoiler) , housing and commuting (the thing about GO train is sooo true), but I wonder why it doesn’t mention the clothes, which might make the whole thing more complete. And how these things affect primer can be more deep and various, though it is the core of the whole play and what makes audience laugh most (seeing a person with high-power become poor and experience what our normal people normally experience should be where the most comedic moments come from). The hidden true love between primer and his wife is touching but makes the play a little bit loose, but anyway, the whole play is very subtle and funny. Worth a ticket! (Btw, after curtain call, the primer got down the flag pole immediately , I thought it was a joke to reflect the play, till I saw other actresses starting moving props, I realise ahhh, it’s Fringe, they only have 15 mins!)