Six Degrees of Separation

In one of the great modern comedies of manners, Guare masterfully dissects a society riven in two by its own liberal impulses and its inability to honor them. A young poised black man ingratiates himself into the Central Park West home of a High Society couple; what he wants from them–and what they need from him–sets off the sparks for a shocking, fast-paced, incisive portrait of America at the end of the 20th Century.