"Six Degrees of Separation" Final Essay

In the review of the play Six Degrees of Separation by John Guare, Thomas Disch says "I did not much like the play." He continues to add "Guare's drama may, in fact, be a fair representation of the state of the communal conscience of the generality of patrons of Lincoln Center at the close of the Regan era. If so, I can understand why most of the time they prefer to attend the ballet." Disch …

…people. Disch is wrong to say that the upper class will be offended by this play. They might be satisfied because of the transformation of Ouisa throughout the play. In the beginning of the play, she said she wants to see the poorest of the poor suffer and how they make friends like it is a partnership. Paul changed Ouisa and she stopped judging people based on class or money and more based on personality.