Lungs By Duncan Macmillan Online

Just when you think Lungs is a political play about the environment, it pivots. It becomes a play about grief. About the things we say to hurt the ones we love. About the silence that exists after a mistake that cannot be unmade.

Lungs won’t leave you with a solution. It won’t tell you whether to have the baby or save the planet. Instead, it leaves you with the feeling of holding your breath underwater—that pressure in your chest, the ringing in your ears, the desperate need to break the surface. lungs by duncan macmillan

What makes Lungs so painfully relevant is its central conflict: Just when you think Lungs is a political

W (the woman) counters with the heart. The biological clock. The loneliness of a quiet house. The primal, irrational, overwhelming want . About the silence that exists after a mistake

M (the man) does the math out loud. He calculates the carbon footprint of a single human life. He counts the flights, the plastic nappies, the energy consumption. He spirals: “Having a child is the single worst thing you can do for the planet.”

Go see it. But bring tissues. And maybe a Xanax. Have you seen or read Lungs ? What did you think of the ending? Let me know in the comments below.