Inspired lunacy! The energy from the cast was incredible. I often find plays like this a bit tedious after awhile; however, that really was not the case last night. The scene at Ford's Theatre was pure gold, and the final scene was very funny, albeit a bit too long.
The cast was uniformly excellent. I particularly liked Tom Macht.
I saw this yesterday in a theatre with four other people present here in New Orleans.
It's essentially a monologue for Ethan Hawke, who is very good indeed.
The inclusion of Hart inspiring a lyric for Sondheim (who seems to be Young Sheldon), a children's book character, and a movie genre could have been discarded.
The special effects for Hart's diminutive height were at times distracting.
However, I overall liked it because of Hawke's perform
I went to see this again today and was surprised by how much more I liked it the second time.
There are many flaws to this film: the movie-within-a-movie needs to have more of an MGM musical look or at least 20th Century Fox, Molina only describing one film, making Tonatiuh and Diego Luna characters in the movie, Molina doing the tango with Valentin instead of the Spider Woman, and many others: however, there are some really good moments: the prison scenes, "Dear One", &
Jarethan said, " My favorite Diane Keaton moment in any movie was when she sang 'You'd Be So Nice to Come Home To' in Radio Days. It was a cameo...she had nothing to do with the rest of the movie...but the emotion she brought to the song was breathtaking"
That scene from Radio Days is one of the first things I thought of when I heard about her passing.
She was a remarkably talented actress who was equally at home in drama, comedy, and musicals.
Hyacinth Bucket is one of television's great creations.
"No, you cannot have a number 24, nor a double portion of 37. This isn't the Chinese takeaway. This is a private slimline white telephone with no connection whatsoever to any business or trade. Especially not one of foreign extraction!"
