‘The setting is a rundown bar in the Bronx, where two of
society's rejects, Danny and Roberta, strike up a halting conversation over
their beer. He is a brooding, self-loathing young man who resorts more to
violence than reason; she is a divorced, guilt-ridden young woman whose
troubled teenage son is now being cared for by her parents. Danny, whose fellow
truck drivers call him "the animal," seems incapable of tender
emotion, while Roberta, who is still haunted by the memory of an ugly sexual
incident involving her father, is distrustful of men in general. And yet, as
their initial reserve begins to melt, and they decide to spend the night
together, the possibility of a genuine and meaningful relationship begins to
emerge-the first for both of them. In the end there are no facile, easy
answers, but thanks to the playwright's skill and compassion, both characters
are able to probe within themselves to find an exorcism and forgiveness that,
while painfully achieved, offers the hope of a future touched, at last, with
more than the bitterness and loneliness that had been their lot before their
fateful meeting,’
Taken from Goodreads (http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/269361.Danny_and_the_Deep_Blue_Sea)
Taken from Goodreads (http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/269361.Danny_and_the_Deep_Blue_Sea)
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