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: Caden’s obsession with "brutal truth" leads to a play that grows exponentially, eventually spanning decades and requiring actors to play the actors playing themselves.

I. Introduction

This paper examines Charlie Kaufman’s 2008 directorial debut, , exploring its central themes of mortality, the impossibility of artistic perfection, and the blurring of boundaries between reality and fiction . Synecdoche, New York