Yes, good play is always serious... You speak me better than I can at the moment, my articulate, perceptive friend. This made me snort outloud: "the juxtaposition of stylistic nonchalance with a thematic fucking death grip"

Mmhmm... Identity, self-aware, self-questioning, you got it all! 'All art is, at once, surface and symbol' cautions Oscar Wilde, 'those who go beneath the surface do so at their own peril.'

Thanks, for taking the plunge, man. Wishing you a restorative weekend. Cheers!