Anybody ever read or see Martin McDonagh's play The Pillowman?

It's very disturbing. Really interesting ideas and scenes. It stays with you.

But I don't know how I felt about it.

It's about a guy who writes short stories who finds himself arrested in relation to the death of a number of children in the area. The deaths follow the plot of some of his short stories etc.

It's about the relationship between stories or creativity and real life trauma.

It's supposedly set "in a totalitarian state," but I didn't see that at all, nor did I see the point of that element.
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has this been turned into a movie a while back? or did i see
a stage version of it? or did i read the play??



i've seen or read this or about it. did you perhaps put it
in one of you recommendations or is this the first time you
have seen it too?

IstenSzek said:

I just heard about it and read it the other day. But yeah there was stage production. I think it won some awards. I don't think there has been a movie.

How's The Recognitions coming along?

2the9s said:

not at all



but i'm finally ready for it now. my exams are out of the way and i've
got my summer leave coming up. so it will be me in the garden with the
Recognitions and lots of ice tea

IstenSzek said:

P.S. Generally I don't like plays, especially reading them.

I prefer novels or nonfiction.



I hope this doesn't change the way anyone feels about me.

2the9s said:

Iszensteck (sp?), please.

meant to see it, it was about to close when i first moved here. need to read it.

his new one is supposed to be really good too, the 'lutenant (spelling?) of inishmore...'

2the9s said:

you're DAN?????

I saw this live last year. It was sort of like a Tim Burton, David Fincher "7", type of thing, that ultimately was a whodunnit.