James Wilson takes a look at Lonely Planet:
In an uneasy world and during anxious times, maps offer a sense of orderliness and manageability. "They are a picture of what's known," a character from Steven Dietz's Lonely Planet tells the audience. After all, maps provide the means for navigating the earth and minimizing the chance of losing oneself on the way to point B from point A. Although Lonely Planet takes place in a map store, Jody, the shop's proprietor, and Carl, his best friend (and apparently sole customer), have few such assurances. Maps and globes offer little comfort for these two gay men when the world around them is rife with plague, and their friends are dying at an alarming rate. . . . |
