Ping Chong's Truth and Beauty claims to hold a mirror to American society. Its reflection shows a disfigured culture weaned on violence and raised by sex with a daily dose of consumerism. The University Drama Department holds Chong's theatrical looking glass with a fairly steady hand that occasionally falters under the weight of its own message.
Yet in truth, the play is more of a kaleidoscope than a mirror, a spellbinding collection of stories, statements and situations that reveal the mirage of contemporary media. The impressive technology -