1930s girl on the verge of madness, you can tell by the stream of consciousness narration
HUH. I didn't actually make that connection, vis-a-vis the implications of stream-of-consciousness narration; I feel like it's a fairly common and not-necessarily-indicative-of-madness rhetorical device now, and I didn't realize that was a Thing in the 1930s...?
Kay and Mordred's double act is just, so much fun for me - I love a good "characters who Don't Play Well With Others forced into a situation where they're reluctant allies" dynamic - but, yeah, the sarcastic narration is a way for both the characters and the audience to gain a bit of distance from the sheer grimness-to-horror of it all. As you mentioned in your review, Karr makes you laugh right before dropping the story of the May Babies!
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HUH. I didn't actually make that connection, vis-a-vis the implications of stream-of-consciousness narration; I feel like it's a fairly common and not-necessarily-indicative-of-madness rhetorical device now, and I didn't realize that was a Thing in the 1930s...?
Kay and Mordred's double act is just, so much fun for me - I love a good "characters who Don't Play Well With Others forced into a situation where they're reluctant allies" dynamic - but, yeah, the sarcastic narration is a way for both the characters and the audience to gain a bit of distance from the sheer grimness-to-horror of it all. As you mentioned in your review, Karr makes you laugh right before dropping the story of the May Babies!