Some "Cock" reviews coming in.
Some "Cock" reviews coming in.
chanel
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#1Some "Cock" reviews coming in.
Posted: 5/17/12 at 10:47pm
Mostly pretty good so far.
http://theater.nytimes.com/2012/05/18/theater/reviews/cockfight-play-directed-by-james-macdonald-at-the-duke.html?hpw
http://blogs.villagevoice.com/dailymusto/2012/05/cock.php
http://www.talkinbroadway.com/ob/05_17_12.html
#2Some
Posted: 5/17/12 at 10:53pmHas anyone noticed that "Cock" is also a slang name for a male penis?
"You can't overrate Bernadette Peters. She is such a genius. There's a moment in "Too Many Mornings" and Bernadette doing 'I wore green the last time' - It's a voice that is just already given up - it is so sorrowful. Tragic. You can see from that moment the show is going to be headed into such dark territory and it hinges on this tiny throwaway moment of the voice." - Ben Brantley (2022)
"Bernadette's whole, stunning performance [as Rose in Gypsy] galvanized the actors capable of letting loose with her. Bernadette's Rose did take its rightful place, but too late, and unseen by too many who should have seen it" Arthur Laurents (2009)
"Sondheim's own favorite star performances? [Bernadette] Peters in ''Sunday in the Park,'' Lansbury in ''Sweeney Todd'' and ''obviously, Ethel was thrilling in 'Gypsy.'' Nytimes, 2000
#8Some
Posted: 5/17/12 at 11:34pm
come on, guys, i feel like we're back in the fifth grade! stick with the thread about the play, okay?
Let's be honest here. The title of the play was supposed to be provocative and generate these kinds of comments.
Scratch and claw for every day you're worth!
Make them drag you screaming from life, keep dreaming
You'll live forever here on earth.
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#10Some
Posted: 5/18/12 at 10:24am
> The title of the play was supposed to be provocative and generate these kinds of comments.
That's a total non-sequitur ... sophomoric humor is not the only possible response to provocation.
not that i haven't laughed at most of it! just sayin' ...
"You, sir, are a moron." (PlayItAgain)
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#14Some
Posted: 5/18/12 at 10:51am
I was really hoping to bow down and woship this COCK, but it's got some major verisimilitude issues in the characters of M and F. The actors do outstanding work and sell it, with the exception of Cotter Smith, who, at the performance I attended, literally looked like he had wandered in off the street and was told he was going to go be in a play.
CHURCH DOOR TOUCAN GAY MARKETING PUPPIES MUSICAL THEATER STAPLES PERIOD OIL BITCHY SNARK HOLES
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#15Some
Posted: 5/18/12 at 11:33am
Kad: i don't disagree ... i'm just saying that teenage double-entendres are not the only possible response to a provocative title.
(he's british, after all; maybe he was expecting SOPHISTICATED double-entendres!!!)
not judging anybody's humor -- it's all made me laugh ... i'm just saying the conclusion isn't supported by the premise.
"You, sir, are a moron." (PlayItAgain)
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