The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time

A family (un)detective story with an unconsciously cynical teenage autistic protagonist. It sounds cheap or too pandering, but there are perhaps no other two words that could be more distant from the truth. This is true of the original text — it is the best young people's book of recent years. But not of the theatrical adaptation, which is (besides honorable exceptions, especially the final mathematical thanks) only just a literal adapt... uh, illustration of the book. Thanks to the imaginatively designed "autistic" set and the actors, it isn't boring, but that’s about all; nothing more and nothing less. (10/30/2012)