While not without its flaws, this play does a very fine job, in terms of exploring issues that are highly relevant, and for some theatergoers, perhaps all too relatable. It is bound to be a thought-provoking experience, and the climactic scenes are particularly potent moments that are impossible to keep your eye off of. Consider seeing it during its last few performances this week, and decide for yourself how successful it is at portraying these issues.
Read MoreAccording to statistics, a majority of millennial women have, at some point or another in their lives, received an unsolicited picture of someone’s penis on their phone. It was the frequency of the sending of these pictures, along with the narcissistic misogyny of the men who send them, which inspired "I Didn't Ask For This: A Lifetime of Dick Pics”, a 2016 art gallery filled with one woman’s over 200 unsolicited dick pics, which attracted a great deal of public attention, as one can easily imagine from such a concept. Each of these two realities – both the narcissism of the men sending this unwanted pictures, and the public’s never ending fascination with both the male and female genitalia – are well-reflected in Dick Pix, one of two new plays by Daniel McCoy currently playing at Theaterlab, which revolves around a somewhat similar gallery.
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