Detroit: Well, kind of

I believe D'Amour chose to call the play Detroit for many reasons. The main reason is because Detroit is a city that is very famous and we've all heard of the city. It used to be very well-known and looked at in a high perspective. For a while, it was one of the greatest cities in America. Today, it is known for being incredibly run-down and one of the lower-looked-at cities in America. This play is about four average people in an average town. It being called Detroit shows that these people obviously are not as good off as others. It also shows that these people DID once have good lives and could have made something of themselves, but sort of went down hill. Mary is the only one who shows any sort of work ethic or initiative. Ben talks about making something of himself throughout the play, but at the end we learn that he has been bull shitting the entire process and is just on the internet "acting" British. Roger, "Kenny", and Sharon are doing nothing but living in a house they broke in to and pretending to be some other people that they're not.