At one point in Yussef El Guindi's brilliantly surprising play
Threesome, Leila (Alia Attallah), author of a book on sexual and racial politics, says to the man about to photograph her for the book cover:
I used to think men were a little like onions. Layered creatures who often make you cry, just because of who they are. But recently I have come to think of men as much less complex vegetables. Like carrots.
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Quinn Franzen, Alia Attallah,
Karan Oberoi
Photo: Hunter Canning |
Interestingly enough,
Threesome is the opposite. In the beginning, it seems very much like a basic sex comedy--a carrot. Leila and Rashid (Karan Oberoi) are partnered, and they have invited Doug (Quinn Franzen) to have sex with them. Well, Leila has invited him, and Rashid has grudgingly acquiesced, partially as penance for a flirtation with another woman. Leila and Rashid wait in the bedroom, dressed, and Doug enters fully nude, telling a gross story about stomach problems. At this point,
Threesome seems like a version--a smart and superior version--of the one-dimensional Bruce Norris play,
The Qualms. It's very funny.
