Books like Clybourne Park

Updated after watching a full performance--I still don't think "enjoyable" is the proper word for this, but it is an important show with deep themes and a poignant message (maybe several poignant messages). To watch the show go through its full arc from Act I to Act II is really incredible and I've picked up on different things both of the last two nights I've been at the theatre. Yes, the characters are neurotic assholes, but you have to dig past that level and go further. See the way Betsy, Karl's wife, is deaf and barely able to speak in Act I and then how the same actress, as Lindsey, is constantly being cut off or talked over by Steve in Act II. How they all bounce back and forth discussing national capitals and things like downhill skiing. How Kathy in Act II is the daughter of Betsy from Act I. It's all beautifully interwoven.Bumped up to 3.5 stars.I still think Aaron Burr is spot-on, though.-----------------------Original review--Not a huge fan and I'm still wondering how this convoluted thing won the Pulitzer. Anyway, we're performing this at my community theatre and all of the actors are fantastic, I just can't stand the characters they play. They're so neurotic and constantly either mindlessly chattering or arguing over the most mundane, irrelevant topics as they dance around the topic of race and racism without ever actually SAYING (until the end, anyway) that that's what they're worried about. This does work as a sort of sequel to Raisin in the Sun (which I loved), but the message I really take away from this play is that people talk entirely too much about the most irrelevant, banal shit.Aaron Burr's got it right. This is what we need to do.