Boring Encounter
Boring Encounter
#1Boring Encounter
Posted: 12/17/10 at 10:00pmWTF was that? Ugh.
"People have their opinions and that doesn't mean that their opinions are wrong or right. I just take it with a grain of salt because opinions are like as*holes, everyone has one".
-Felicia Finley-
#2Boring Encounter
Posted: 12/17/10 at 10:00pm
I'm shocked that you didn't like it.... (not)
I thought it was beautiful.
Updated On: 12/17/10 at 10:00 PM
#2Boring Encounter
Posted: 12/17/10 at 10:03pmIf anyone would start a thread just to bash a show that most people on here seem to love, and then not to back up his/her claim at all, it would be muscle. Once again, you do not disappoint.
#3Boring Encounter
Posted: 12/17/10 at 10:17pmGod, what a breathtaking piece of theater that was. I think I'll go see it tomorrow again.
#4Boring Encounter
Posted: 12/17/10 at 10:20pmThey have 10 dollar tix. The theatre was empty-ish tonight.
"People have their opinions and that doesn't mean that their opinions are wrong or right. I just take it with a grain of salt because opinions are like as*holes, everyone has one".
-Felicia Finley-
#5Boring Encounter
Posted: 12/17/10 at 10:20pmBRIEF ENCOUNTER is the best show of the season thus far. If you thought it was boring, I'm sorry for you. I recommend this one to EVERYONE, and not a single person was even on the fence, everyone was OVER THE MOON about it.
"The Spectacle has, indeed, an emotional attraction of its own, but, of all the parts, it is the least artistic, and connected least with the art of poetry. For the power of Tragedy, we may be sure, is felt even apart from representation and actors. Besides, the production of spectacular effects depends more on the art of the stage machinist than on that of the poet."
--Aristotle
--Aristotle
#6Boring Encounter
Posted: 12/17/10 at 10:26pmMy date didn't like it either, I guess we are meant to be. LOL!
"People have their opinions and that doesn't mean that their opinions are wrong or right. I just take it with a grain of salt because opinions are like as*holes, everyone has one".
-Felicia Finley-
Yankeefan007
Broadway Legend Joined: 3/20/04
#7Boring Encounter
Posted: 12/17/10 at 10:47pmI thought it was rather dull, as well. Though I did enjoy the performances and the glorious rearrangements of Coward's music.
whyohwhyoh
Understudy Joined: 12/15/10
#8Boring Encounter
Posted: 12/18/10 at 12:37amHave to disagree with you. I didn't find it boring. I found it INSULTING. The amateur acting was something out of community theatre and if we weren't so cowered by English accents we would not be kvelling over this over-produced mess. I thought the staging was weak although the visuals were exciting. The story is simple and sweet and they've tried to do "An Inspector Calls" with this and failed because the quality of performances are so weak.
#9Boring Encounter
Posted: 12/18/10 at 12:38amI went into it thinking I would hate it, but actually ended up really enjoying it.
iluvtheatertrash
Broadway Legend Joined: 11/9/04
#11Boring Encounter
Posted: 12/18/10 at 1:18amAdored this. Hands down one of the best theatrical experiences of the year. If anyone would completely miss it, it'd be you.
"I know now that theatre saved my life." - Susan Stroman
#12Boring Encounter
Posted: 12/18/10 at 1:48am
You know, you got your screen name wrong. You're not trash, you're plain garbage. LOL!!!
You keep coming back...you're just like herpes.
I don't know what I did to you, but whatever it is you imagined, I apologize. Now, have a nice life!
"People have their opinions and that doesn't mean that their opinions are wrong or right. I just take it with a grain of salt because opinions are like as*holes, everyone has one".
-Felicia Finley-
#13Boring Encounter
Posted: 12/18/10 at 9:21am
A few decades back, everyone rushed to see a little thing by Tom Stoppard called ROSENCRATZ AND GUILDERSTERN ARE DEAD. Huge hit. We're talking big here.
The audiences who flocked to see this were in three distinct parts:
(1) Those who actually know Stoppard's work and had a ball just listening (With all modesty, that was where I fit, but I digress).
(2) Folks who knew the Stoppard name, based on his previous hits, and just *knew* they should see this because, well, it was a Stoppard play! Whether or not they got it was immaterial, it was more important to see it and then tell everyone what a *fab* time it was.
(3) Folks who came as dates of those in group (2), who knew they were supposed to enjoy it but couldnt, for the life of them, figure out why. I met a lot of those people that night.
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Smaxie
Broadway Legend Joined: 9/26/05
#14Boring Encounter
Posted: 12/18/10 at 9:35amIf we're talking about the Broadway premiere of Rosencrantz, how could anyone have known the Stoppard name from his previous hits? Rosencrantz was his first Broadway play and first hit. (And apart from some radio plays, Rosencrantz was basically the play that made Stoppard's name in London as well).
Begin at the beginning and go on till you come to the end: then stop.
#15Boring Encounter
Posted: 12/18/10 at 10:06am
He was a *name*. Everyone had heard about him -- some actually claimed to have seen his work in Edinburgh; others, in London. And everyone wanted to be on the cutting edge of someone who was a success in the UK and would no doubt be on here as well.
Remember: these were the days of the so-called "British nvasion". Anything from the UK was cool, trendy, successful. If you wanted to be "in", you bought into it... which is not to suggest that Stoppard (or, now, Coward) was undeserving, but that some people went and saw it for the wrong reason -- hence the term "snob hit"... which I do not begrudge either Mr. Stoppard or Mr. Coward. Anything that gets meritorious work like theirs out there is fine with me. But as wonderous as this production of BRIEF ENCOUNTER may be, I think at some point we have to look at the successes and failures and ask, Who was this production for?
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