The Washington Post, November 20th, 1987
I don't know when our feelings toward misfits began to change. But it is fairly evident that we no longer regard them with quite the warmth and delight we once did. Over the past few decades, the misfit has turned threatening and his existence has become progressively more tormented. His singularity is no longer a source of pleasure, but an indictment of a malfunctioning society that deforms some of its members and then casts them aside. The contemporary theater is filled with them-alienated, anxiety-ridden, raging impotently against a world that seemingly has no room for them. If you want to ...
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