"Ultimately, though, Miller can’t resolve a central issue: Some of the professors’ refusal to undergo training is mystifying...Having painted herself into a corner, Miller can’t figure out how to end the play. So she gives Laurette, who is retiring, the last word in the form of an address to her students. It is a good speech, and a dodge."
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"Still, Preparedness is clever, angry work, and it’s a fascinating companion piece to The Alchemist...down in their bones, these comedies feel the same way about bogus authority, about self-deception, and about dishonesty disguised as aid. I started the day believing that I was going to spend it laughing, and I did laugh — merrily at The Alchemist, bitterly at Preparedness."
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"An incisive, if not groundbreaking, black comedy about workplace violence and robot cats."
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