Mary isn’t merely white; on a paint chip she’d be somewhere between “eggshell” and “iceberg.”Or on a psychological profile. In her own way, she’s a Karen waiting to happen — except that her rage is mostly self-directed. She’s a woman who, for 10 years, has maintained a stately public image while keeping something huge and unseemly submerged under pressure. The shock of the revelation — which involves her husband, Jack, a Supreme Court justice — is meant as a peep-behind-the-headlines payoff. That’s when I saw another new livestream monologue, “Karen, I Said,” written and performed by Eliza Bent.

Source: New York Times September 27, 2020 19:30 UTC