#26
Posted: 12/2/15 at 10:50am
Seeing this tonight, hope I'm in the "love it" camp... 
#27
Posted: 12/2/15 at 11:35pm
I really enjoyed this. I'm glad twist was used as incorrectly as snubbed on here, since I hate knowing things in advance, but don't feel that was the case. An existential technology play is sort of right in my sweet spot, though.
#28
Posted: 12/14/15 at 10:58pm
Very happy this show got such a positive NYT review (and that Brantley reviewed it)!
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#29
Posted: 12/14/15 at 11:05pm
Don't understand the raves or the reviews in general.
Did not care for it. Normally we like something and critics do not. Here it is the reverse.Oh well. Life goes on
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#30
Posted: 12/15/15 at 12:22am
The reviews make this play sound great-I wish I had saw and felt what the critics describe. Didn't happen for me. I wanted to love it with both Lois Smith and Lisa Emery in it.
#33
Posted: 12/15/15 at 10:00am
Agreed with NYT. Loved Stephen Root (he needs to do more theater) and that last scene is fantastic. After i saw the show I chatted with Mr Root and he made an interesting observation about the last scene, how long have they been sitting there, days? weeks? 70 years? is John even still alive, thought it was an interesting idea.
#34
Posted: 12/15/15 at 11:51am
Since I'm a PH subscriber, I didn't do any research in advance as far as whether to go, who was in it, etc., so when Stephen Root walked out, I was completely surprised to learn Milton was going to be in that night's play.
#35
Posted: 11/21/17 at 7:20am
Recently saw Marjorie Prime and was quite moved. It reminded me of Spike Jonze's Her and Ned Vizzini's Be More Chill. All three stories explore the limitations of artificial intelligence and the dangers of relying on it for emotional support.
The Prime is introduced as a piece of wish fulfillment. The AI performs as a mix of personal assistant, sexual fantasy and therapist. Sadly it lacks the insight to perform as the latter. The Prime's insistence of being referred to as a dead person and it's willingness to distort the truth to suit the family does more harm than good. These people clearly need human therapists to work through their trauma and call them out on their B.S.
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We learn about a quarter into the story that mother and daughter are grieving the suicide of loved one and that husband can't even get them to talk about it. They've attempted to erase the loved ones memory and refuse to discuss their grief with a Prime.
The family talk to the Primes more than they talk to each other. They've emotionally abandoned each other despite living in the same house. The ending drew many responses from the audience around me. I felt it represented their final act of cruelty as the Primes had been just as abandoned as the rest of the characters.
The playwright's points on distortion of memory feel obvious. Yes we know memories distort over time both willingly and unintentionally. More interesting to me are the long term effects of failed communication. Each character was lonely but exacerbated it by their callous treatment of the others around them.
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