The trouble with an emotional life in the new play Much Better
We all have some parts of our personality that we would like to improve upon or possibly even change. Much Better, set in the future takes this human desire for self-improvement to another level. Unlike in our current times where personality alteration is achieved via drug regimes, Frankel’s play explores the possibility of more permanently altering one’s personality via brain changes. The brain changing treatment is called Neuroclear. Like the name suggests, the treatment doesn’t just mask any undesirable personality traits, the treatment erases them. As Dr. Keith explains to the main character Ashley, the treatment is like “plastic surgery for the personality.”
