I appreciate a show that confronts the voyeurism of the audience. However, it’s a risky move because it does rely on the audience actually enjoying the show before you make that turn. The idea of shaming people for enjoying true crime is not new, and I’m on board with that thesis when done well. However, when the play broke the fourth wall and critiqued the audience for being titillated by true crime, at the price of real victims and survivors, it fell flat for me because wasn’t actually titillated in the first place. I didn’t feel that the storytelling was effective enough for me to be titillated, and it had the feeling of an early draft that didn’t fully get pulled together (and the last 3 minutes wasn’t really enough to do so).

That being said, there were obviously tech issues that meant this show went in 20min late. The artist still finished the show on time (?!) and I’m curious what the show was meant to be had the screen worked. Sadly, what ended up on stage was pretty messy.