"All we get is a not-entirely-believable, last-minute switcheroo that sputters to an anticlimactic denouement."
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"Though its concept is solid, 'The Memory Exam' suffers from a lackluster production...Provocative and occasionally even thrilling, The Memory Exam is a timely symbol of our new age of paranoia."
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"I regret having to end with an unfortunate sour note. But as too often happens in short plays, the otherwise polished and credible narrative has been padded by bringing in two additional plot threads that barely pass as 'tangential'."
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"Death as the consequence of memory failure: Scary, no? In Fechter’s discourse on that subject of infinite facets — memory — he wants audiences to think loss is a nagging common concern. And he’s got something there. Where’s the person even at 40 who doesn’t have a temporary qualm when a name isn’t remembered for a few troubling seconds? There’s even a blaming phrase: senior moment."
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