#1
Posted: 4/22/11 at 9:58pm
I know there is a preview thread on this and the Will Tveit get nominated thread, but couldn't find just a thoughts thread so.........
Caught the show Thursday night and I was HIGHLY disappointed in nearly every aspect - and I really wanted to like it. First I thought the concept didn't work well -- I just didn't buy the premise: You almost shot me, but let me tell these strangers in the airport my side of things? And as a TV show? (When tv had NOTHING to do with this story?)
The sex appeal of the scantily clad women was overdone. Sure they try to play with the idea of Frank "doing it all to get the girl" but we don't see the playboy side of him. He only TELLS us it's for girls at the begining. First rule of playwriting: SHOW US, Don't TELL us. I also found a number of the women's costumes actually looked more like cheap Halloween outfits, particularly the nurse costumes.
As much as I adore both Tveit and Butz, I felt they weren't given enough to sink their teeth into. Two dimensional characters in a haphazardly told story. I didn't feel like any character was fully realized and, truth be told, I was often bored.
The set also bored me. I didn't mind the orchestra on stage, but I found the constant lift of the incoming set pieces to get tiresome -- in the same three spots, over and over. Sitting in the 2nd row of the mezzanine, I was often watching holes in the stage, just waaaaiiiitttting to see what would be coming up on the elevator.
The score? Meh. I couldn't hum a single song for you now, a scant 24 hours later.
This is not a show I'll be reccommending to friends, students, etc -- but I don't think I'd actively try to talk anyone out of going.
I was SO excited about this season, and I've been hugely disappointed.
(Note: Still have a number of shows that are getting great buzz on my list to see: Jerusalem, War Horse, Normal Heart and Book of Mormon. Hopefully they will lift my spirits!)
Caught the show Thursday night and I was HIGHLY disappointed in nearly every aspect - and I really wanted to like it. First I thought the concept didn't work well -- I just didn't buy the premise: You almost shot me, but let me tell these strangers in the airport my side of things? And as a TV show? (When tv had NOTHING to do with this story?)
The sex appeal of the scantily clad women was overdone. Sure they try to play with the idea of Frank "doing it all to get the girl" but we don't see the playboy side of him. He only TELLS us it's for girls at the begining. First rule of playwriting: SHOW US, Don't TELL us. I also found a number of the women's costumes actually looked more like cheap Halloween outfits, particularly the nurse costumes.
As much as I adore both Tveit and Butz, I felt they weren't given enough to sink their teeth into. Two dimensional characters in a haphazardly told story. I didn't feel like any character was fully realized and, truth be told, I was often bored.
The set also bored me. I didn't mind the orchestra on stage, but I found the constant lift of the incoming set pieces to get tiresome -- in the same three spots, over and over. Sitting in the 2nd row of the mezzanine, I was often watching holes in the stage, just waaaaiiiitttting to see what would be coming up on the elevator.
The score? Meh. I couldn't hum a single song for you now, a scant 24 hours later.
This is not a show I'll be reccommending to friends, students, etc -- but I don't think I'd actively try to talk anyone out of going.
I was SO excited about this season, and I've been hugely disappointed.
(Note: Still have a number of shows that are getting great buzz on my list to see: Jerusalem, War Horse, Normal Heart and Book of Mormon. Hopefully they will lift my spirits!)
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