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Chatroom is set in a series of internet chatrooms, where a group of adolescents show off, flirt and play power games, all at a safe distance; though it seems the distance may not be safe enough for the vunerable. Enda Walsh takes the simple concept of the teen chatroom to a scary but all too credible conclusion. Chris Williams plays 15 year old Jim, a boy whose father literally walked away from him at the zoo when he was six and demonstrates vividly the power of new technology to empower individuals and exploit the vulnerable.
In cyberspace six teenagers type and chat. What begin as seemingly innocent conversations about the trivial; Harry Potter, Britney Spears; take a sinister turn as the teenagers, who have never met, turn on and manipulate one another. Through this chilling foundation Chatroom explores issues of adolescent vulnerability, development of persona and the path everyone takes from child to adulthood, in a way that is warm, funny and deeply moving.
