Dirty Story (play)

Dirty Story is a 2003 play by John Patrick Shanley.

This turbulent relationship is refereed by a gun toting, cigarette selling American cowboy and his snide British side-kick.

[1] Another review in The New York Times wrote that "The play's strength lies in Mr. Shanley's keen ear for each side's stereotypes, both of itself and of the other.

"[2] A review on TheaterMania wrote that "By play's end, the dialogue has devolved into baldly polemical statements; each actor is nothing more than a mouthpiece for a political position, and there is no sense of character remaining.

"[3] A negative review on Crosscut.com wrote "In the end, though, it’s hard to know what the point of Dirty Story is.