In the review of the play Six Degrees of Separation by John Guare, Thomas Disch says "I did not much like the play." He continues to add "Guare's drama may, in fact, be a fair representation of the state of the communal conscience of the generality of patrons of Lincoln Center at the close of the Regan era. If so, I can understand why most of the time they prefer to attend the ballet." Disch means that Six Degrees insults the upper-middle-class and they would not want to see the play. I both agree and disagree with Disch's statement. In the beginning of the play, the rich upper-class are insulted because they are portrayed as shallow people, but throughout the play, some characters of the upper-class are transformed into deep feeling characters.
When the main characters are introduced in the beginning of the play, the upper- class is depicted as lacking emotion towards people of lower classes.
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