Has anyone read the play “The Pillowman” by Martin McDonagh?  I’ve never seen it performed but I read the script recently, and man, is that a fucked up play or what?  I’ve always enjoyed dark plays — comedies, tragedies, whatever — but this one takes the cake.  I was thoroughly horrified throughout the entire script.

What’s the point of it?  Is it just to be dark?  Is it to show how irrational people can be, or how artists need to be careful about the stories they tell, in case someone can’t separate fact from fiction?  Is it commentary on the whole video-games-cause-kids-to-go-on-shooting-rampages thing?

Seriously, someone help me out, cause I sure don’t get it.