Jiehae Park’s clever and incisive adaptation of Macbeth is a comedy… until it’s not. Peerless (subtitled A High School Macbeth) tells the story of high school seniors and Asian-American twin sisters M and L who will do whatever it takes to win the one coveted affirmative action spot at “The College.” When the thick acceptance envelope falls into the hands of D, a white male colleague who is 1/16th Native American, the sisters will stop at nothing to take back what is rightfully theirs, and will eliminate anyone who stands in their way. With biting wit and vicious glee, Peerless lifts the tragedy and comedy of the college application process to a level that is, in a word, Shakespearean.
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