"Gronholm Method": modern drama

Unknown to us in Russia, but beloved at home and famous and in demand in the West, playwright Jordi Galzeran, gave us a wonderful play "The Method of Grönholm." It was this work that brought him popularity, it even featured a feature film.

General analysis

The play "The Method of Grönholm" was written 10 years ago, but it is as relevant now as ever. The office here is just a metaphor, the whole world is mired in inhumanity, and this is most clearly manifested in office employees. This work can be called a psychological detective - tense, but at the same time with a touch of humor and sarcasm. Until the very end, it is impossible to understand where lies are, and where sincerity, the heroes have to resort to the most unexpected maneuvers in order to eventually become one single winner. The idea of the play "The Method of Grönholm" consists, first of all, in the discovery of the truth to all mankind that all human in many of us is long dead, and we are nothing but dummies, actors, changing their roles every day in order to get as far as possible More benefits in everything. And it does not matter whether you come for an interview or a visit to the parents of a future wife, the skill is to seem to those whom people around you want to see. "The Gronholm Method" puts on the masks on the heroes, in order to reveal their true essence, to show them who they are.

Brief description of the plot

The narrative begins with the fact that job seekers come to the office of a large corporation. They were lured by money and power, but they still do not know that nobody is waiting for them in this office, and they will carry out an interview with themselves. Attention of the reader can attract a bright detail of the interior design. This is a stuffed shark - it seems to hint at the principle of the operation of such companies and people in the modern world. All that awaits our heroes inside is an empty hall where a violent game will unfold. Gathered in one place, the "players" are puzzled why they were not met by any of the leaders, what to do next. They will get the answer on the computer screen, in the form of a task, and there will be several of them. All the characters are given the freedom of choice: you do not want - you can leave. But it is imaginary, there is no turning back, and our heroes are not so stupid as to lose without starting the game. The main intrigue of the play "Gronholm Method" is that one of the applicants is actually a duck, that is, a company employee, and they still have to find out who. One of the mocking tasks is to play the crash of the plane, the "players" wear masks and force to decide who to give the only parachute. But this is not the most terrible task, they seem to want to squeeze out everything human that is left in them. As a result, a whole drama unfolds, the mental suffering of the characters stumbles upon the wall of their own indifference.

The final

The winner can only be one, but the question is who is this: a cynical scoundrel or a good man. Modern society, hidden under the guise of office drama, is paraded, but not every spectator will see in this chaos and himself. "The Gronholm Method" is a book worth reading and evaluating, it is truly a revelation of the present.