Review: Raw, Devastating, Moving Drama of Vietnam Experiences

by Jane Primerano (njartsmaven.com)

Vietnam.

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For an entire generation that may be the most fraught of all words.

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The audience for The Things They Carried opening night, Thursday, Oct. 24, in the Lackland Performing Arts Center's black box theatre at Centenary University ranged from people in the pre-Vietnam generation to students who had no first-hand knowledge of the war. They were all brought In Country by David Sitler's one-man show.

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Based on Pulitzer Prize-finalist book by Vietnam vet Tim O'Brien, the show is O'Brien's story. Of trying to avoid going to war. Of going to war. Of trying to recover from war.