Rick Allaway

…e unfortunate and Lear himself. But there is nothing majestic about Trump, nor has there ever been. He is an incompetent, racist, misogynistic pig. To think otherwise is to earn the incisive rebuke of Kent when he implores his oblivious master to …

…day by day, leak by leak, is not a tragic fall from the height of American power. The difference is Trump’s utter lack of self-awareness, his inability to feel, or even perform, humility. Lear fascinates and repulses because there are glimmers of remorse and insight on his part. At an early moment in the play, as his familial relationships continue to splinter, a distressed Le…

… They just don’t appear to be too disturbed, moved, or even affected by the four pathologies above: their kids killing each other, their social bonds collapsing, being powerless to live with dignity,or having to numb the pain of it all away.