Theatre
Damaged Goods: Gintare Parulyte’s „Lovefool“ at TNL
In her wonderfully performed one-woman-play, Gintare Parulyte weaves topics such as modern dating platforms, sexual abuse, male toxicity and mental health into a touching monologue. Despite its rather gruesome topics, „Lovefool“ oscillates between moments of utter hilarity and stomach-churning sadness, this wide-spread spectrum of tonality being held together by an honesty that allows to cover up moments of textual weaknesses.
Do I need to let a man ask me if I should feel like „damaged goods“ just because I’m not married? Kristin Winters excells as Grace in Gintare Parulyte’s monologue. Photo: TNL
It all starts with the projection of a video on sexual education as seen through the eyes of conservative Catholics (a pleonasm, I guess), who have to face the challenge of talking about procreation without giving away that having sex can actually be, well, beautiful, passionate, orgiastic – and perfectly divorced from its reproductive functions.
