Publisher's Synopsis
Based on a true story, "You're a cunt (The merry-go-around of misery)" is a true depiction of this writer experience over the years in what also could be termed as a sick twisted horror show, the only difference is that this was real life in front of a person's eyes and not on a screen that you could walk away from once the film or movie ended. "You're a cunt (The merry-go-round of misery)" is a tragic comedy and a dark story of a group of people from all walks of life who were all very successful in their chosen fields at some stage of life, only to fall from grace consumed by their addictions and spin into a tail spin of destruction. They are thrust together not by faith but by their desire to maintain the demands placed on them daily to fulfill their chronic addiction needs which leads them to not only huge substance abuses but predictably the daily abuse of each other. "You're a cunt (The merry-go-round of misery)" is filled with the many hidden truths about the human condition, the lack of desire to seek professional and reasonable solutions to their own problems or addictions. It shows the human mind and how it works simply to have one more day of substance abuse which in-evidently leads to emotional, psychology, personal and most certainly in the case of Helen's house, physically and violent abuse. "You're a cunt (The merry-go-round of misery)" is not for the fain of heart but opens up the doors of the human conditions and the weakness that surrounds us at all times in our lives. It is driven by the inner need to connect to something or someone similar in needs, desires and emotions or not as in case of some of the characters we meet in this play. Based on fact, "You're a cunt (The merry-go-round of misery)" is not an isolated and exaggerate case of misfits but a mirror into the deeper and darker secrets of not just some homes across Ireland but the entire world. Coming off the success of his first play "The Divide," Patrick C. McDonnell's second play "You're a cunt (The merry-go-round of misery)" has chosen a topic that cuts at the very core of our being and opens up a can of worms rarely discussed even in today's modern media, a situation that currently tears at the very fabric of homes and societies at all classes and levels worldwide. "You're a cunt (The merry-go-round of misery)" - A Stage Play (c) Patrick C. McDonnell 2017
