DOG DAY AFTERNOON Previews- Page 3

[willep]

Posted: 3/13/26 at 11:12am

Ah, yeah, the song. Honestly, I felt like Guadalupe was one of the characters that added nothing to the story and felt weird and out of place the entire time, not just with the song.

[TotallyEffed]

Posted: 3/13/26 at 11:19am

The entire role should be cut immediately lol

[quizking101]

Posted: 3/13/26 at 12:05pm

willep said: "Ah, yeah, the song. Honestly, I felt like Guadalupe was one of the characters that added nothing to the story and felt weird and out of place the entire time, not just with the song."

Agreed. Honestly, jettisoning her entirely would be a very good thing. I feel bad saying that since it’s not her fault that’s she’s given absolutely no substantive material.

[Fordham2015]

Posted: 3/13/26 at 12:50pm

I saw the rehearsal photos and was like "Who has a guitar in a bank?"

[inception]

Posted: 3/13/26 at 12:55pm

I find if I'm going to write something long on my phone, that it is best to draft in the notes app & then copy & paste here

quizking101 said: "I wrote out a whole review about tonight and this craptacular interface erased it after I tried to post it.

More tomorrow, but in a word…WOOF 😳

"

 

[quizking101]

Posted: 3/13/26 at 12:58pm

inception said: "I find if I'm going to write something long on my phone, that it is best to draft in the notes app & then copy & paste here

quizking101 said: "I wrote out a whole review about tonight and this craptacular interface erased it after I tried to post it.

More tomorrow, but in a word…WOOF 😳

"

That’s what I did for my second iteration. Last night, the stream of consciousness was full force and so I didn’t think to do that because I was thinking and writing at a clip.

 

[willep]

Posted: 3/13/26 at 1:15pm

Fordham2015 said: "I saw the rehearsal photos and was like "Who has a guitar in a bank?""

But actually...watching it I wondered where she got a guitar from.

[quizking101]

Posted: 3/13/26 at 4:02pm

I rewatched the film again just now for comparison (It’s free with ads on Tubi) and…yeah, I’m more convinced that doing a stage adaptation of this film/story was more of a botch job than the robbery at the center of it.

The one thing I noticed is that, aside from the claustrophobia and quietly tense air in the bank at all times, there is always the sense of chaos surrounding the situation - that the crime eventually becomes a spectacle for the locals, who interact far more with cheers and anger and the like, Inflaming certain moments in the story try and get the crowd on Sonny’s side, and that was not present at all. Sure, they use the “Attica, Attica” moment (in hindsight, without context), but Pacino’s Sonny is very much a man who partially gets his high off of the crowd making things harder for the cops. Onstage, without a visible crowd (or even sound effects), and an audience that is more likely going to be quiet, Sonny’s attempts to whip the “crowd” into a frenzy in his favor falls horribly flat.

Also, Cazale as Sal had much more of an arc in the movie than onstage. Pacino showboats, but you never forget the quietly looming presence of Cazale. As I mentioned before, Moss-Bachrach unfortunately gets lost in the background more often then not.