Article 43SDH The Ex-Boyfriend Yard Sale: can you put a price on sentimental value?

The Ex-Boyfriend Yard Sale: can you put a price on sentimental value?

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Chris Wiegand
from Economics | The Guardian on (#43SDH)

In her solo show, Haley McGee values the gifts her exes gave her, while rating how much fun they were - and how good the sex was

Imagine an episode of The Antiques Roadshow where the objects are all gifts from your old partners and a price is put on their sentimental value. What might that faded T-shirt or once-loved mixtape be worth in cash terms?

In her performance The Ex-Boyfriend Yard Sale, currently at Camden People's theatre in London, Haley McGee invites audiences to evaluate several presents from her exes. A coffeepot, a vintage typewriter, a guitar and a necklace are among the items displayed on plinths on the stage. When McGee reveals more intimate information about each relationship, we raise or lower our valuations accordingly. It all starts to feel like an alarmingly personal version of The Price Is Right.

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