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Mental Illness, Misogyny, and the Myth of the Male Genius in "The Butcher Boy" by Morgan Skolnik

This review contains spoilers. TW: suicide, homicide, mental illness The Butcher Boy, which opened last week at the Irish Repertory Theater is deeply upsetting, but less so due to the gore it portrays, and more because of the sexism and tired tropes around mental illness it seemingly endorses. The show, written by Asher Muldoon and […] The full version of the article Mental Illness, Misogyny, and the Myth of the Ma…

SOURCE: thetheatretimes.com at 05:18PM on August 26, 2022

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