What I liked
The performances were all spot-on, with particular kudos going to Stephen Simon, exhibiting a range as big as his physique.
The use of a wolf pack’s growing unease about their predatory nature might seem a difficult choice to use as a metaphor about human violence, because of the real-world ecological benefits of the predator/prey relationship to herds of both wolves and deer. But it helps focus ones attention on that metaphor…we figure out pretty quickly that the show is not really about wolves..Aaron’s language and stagecraft are forceful and his underlying message about change coming from self-reflection and understanding, to the benefit of both perpetrators and victims, is always welcome.
What I didn't like
Not for me to say. All of Aaron’s shows are thought-provoking as well as entertaining, and this is no exception. .
My overall impression
What starts out as an amusing bickering session among a pack of wolves arguing about who was responsible for the killing of the very delicious deer they are eating evolves into a sort of meditation on the need for a repudiation of violence, through empathy and understanding.
