Two New Comedies Try to Make Sex on Campus Funny Again

The word “free” appears four times in this character’s speech, which often breaks the fourth wall. She’s a novelist struggling with writer’s block, and also an English teacher at a small college. A college campus is a fitting place to explore the idea of freedom—and the problems that come with it—because it’s where people are theoretically protected to think and learn independently, and try out new ideas. The school motto veritas vos liberabit—the truth will set you free—is common for a reason.








