Things I know to be True

 I really liked the play overall, but there were some things that I thought were a little over the top. I know it's meant to be dramatic, but I feel that having each of the kids go through some sort of painful scenario made it a little predictable and I would have liked it better if it wasn't quite so plotted out like that. Also some fights seemed to come out of nowhere that didn't make sense to me. One scene I found particularly interesting was when the dad found out about the money she stowed away and she ended up not loving him anymore. I guess I wasn't expecting it because those two seemed to have the strongest relationship. Another scene that I found interesting and also just liked was at the end when Rosie repeated the monologue with the making a list of things I know to be true that she said near the began after her heartbreak. I thought that was a great way to end the show and it sort of tied everything together.

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