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#2
Posted: 10/25/22 at 11:17am
I read the play and its hilariously weird. Anxious to hear people's thoughts.
#5
Posted: 11/8/22 at 9:44pm
SouthernCakes said: "Weird title"
If it's as good as his last play with a weird title, I'll be delighted.
#6
Posted: 11/9/22 at 12:32pm
annang said: "SouthernCakes said: "Weird title"
If it's as good as his last play with a weird title, I'll be delighted."
It's not. As much as I loved Heroes and Corsicana, this was a miss. I think it might be good after a few rounds of rewrites but I didn't find it successful. Wasn't as bad as You Will Get Sick or Catch As Catch Can though (not related but just some of the current Off-Broadway offerings on now).
"Pardon my prior Mcfee slip. I know how to spell her name. I just don't know how to type it." -Talulah
#7
Posted: 11/16/22 at 11:35pm
I saw it this weekend and loved it, though I see why it’s not up everyone’s alley. It was very much up mine. Love this sort of weird, semi-realism that takes a turn for the surreal. And I found the themes extremely resonant.
See my full thoughts here
Funnily enough, in the video I refer to the play as “hilariously weird” just like someone else did above, and I also mention that I’ve heard people call the title awkward. But I hadn’t even read this thread beforehand! Lol
#8
Posted: 11/17/22 at 9:50am
I can definitely see how some may love how offbeat and ambitious this play is in form, but I just found it frustrating and heavy handed. Too many red herrings, too.
But certainly he's a talent and there are some interesting ideas here.
Also, I'm starting to notice an interesting string of Taymor's show - Daddy, Pass Over, and now this - all had considerable Act III issues, where the play goes off the stylistic deep end and the production can't support it. Heroes certainly was the wonderful exception, of course.
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