SOURCE: "The Editorial Play," in The New Republic, Vol. 207, No. 24, 7 December 1992, pp. 32-4.

In the following review, Brustein asserts that The Destiny of Me lacks an "existential tragic vision " and charges that in the play Kramer's "constant purpose is to induce, excavate, and heighten the audience's sense of guilt. "

Art and journalism may not be natural bedfellows, but ever since Euripides social-minded dramatists have been inclined to write editorials instead of plays. Against his better nature, Ibsen composed a few such editorials himself (notably A Doll's House and Enemy of the People), which made Bernard Shaw, that sometime journalist, wrongly assume "discussion" to be the quintessence of Ibsenism. You can always tell that a playwright is in an editorial mood when his language turns declarative: "I am angry against the Gods" (Euripides); "He is strongest who stands alone" (Ibsen); "Maybe we'll fix it so life won't be printed...