No critics panned SHATNERS WORLD
No critics panned SHATNERS WORLD
jstarr2
Chorus Member Joined: 12/2/11
#1No critics panned SHATNERS WORLD
Posted: 2/17/12 at 2:54pm
Anyone else surprised that no one has really written a super scathing review for Shatner's World?
The show only got a 66 on Curtain Critic but all the reviews are good to decent, nothing terrible. http://www.curtaincritic.com/Shows/SHATNER_S_WORLD__WE_JUST_LIVE_IN_IT_REVIEWS-108.html
Updated On: 2/17/12 at 02:54 PM
#2No critics panned SHATNERS WORLD
Posted: 2/17/12 at 2:57pmMaybe no critics panned it because it doesn't deserve to be panned? The show, while hardly a work of art, is solidly decent, and Shatner has an amiable stage presence.
"You travel alone because other people are only there to remind you how much that hook hurts that we all bit down on. Wait for that one day we can bite free and get back out there in space where we belong, sail back over water, over skies, into space, the hook finally out of our mouths and we wander back out there in space spawning to other planets never to return hurrah to earth and we'll look back and can't even see these lives here anymore. Only the taste of blood to remind us we ever existed. The earth is small. We're gone. We're dead. We're safe."
-John Guare, Landscape of the Body
wexy
Broadway Legend Joined: 9/19/05
#3No critics panned SHATNERS WORLD
Posted: 2/17/12 at 3:13pmHe did a one man show when I was Hofstra in 75 or 76 and it was pretty good.
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jstarr2
Chorus Member Joined: 12/2/11
#4No critics panned SHATNERS WORLD
Posted: 2/17/12 at 3:23pmDefinitely didn't mean I wanted him to get panned - just though it was interesting that this was the first Bway show in a while that seems to have no one publishing a really negative review for it. Even Wit and Porgy, which in general were much better reviewed than Shatner, got a pan or two.
FindingNamo
Broadway Legend Joined: 7/22/03
#5No critics panned SHATNERS WORLD
Posted: 2/17/12 at 3:25pmSo, this is something that's disappointing?
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jstarr2
Chorus Member Joined: 12/2/11
#6No critics panned SHATNERS WORLD
Posted: 2/17/12 at 3:33pm
I'm just saying, it's interesting that there's more of a critical consensus for Shatner's World than anything else of late. Every review for Shatner's World on Curtain Critic is between 75 and 50. This is much narrower than all the other recent shows. Wit reviews range between 100 and 30. Road to Mecca between 80 and 30. Porgy between 100 and 10... (this is all going off of http://curtaincritic.com, which aggregates & scores the reviews well i think)
Updated On: 2/17/12 at 03:33 PM
#7No critics panned SHATNERS WORLD
Posted: 2/17/12 at 3:33pmNo, I get it. The idea of a William Shatner solo show on Broadway sounded like a prime opportunity for critics to sharpen their knives and do their worst. It's a pleasant surprise to see it turned out differently.
"What can you expect from a bunch of seitan worshippers?" - Reginald Tresilian
jstarr2
Chorus Member Joined: 12/2/11
#9No critics panned SHATNERS WORLD
Posted: 2/17/12 at 8:19pmI understand what you mean. Personally, though, he's always been very likable. And that helps but isn't the only thing; I'm guessing the play itself is decent and a satisfying night out.
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#10No critics panned SHATNERS WORLD
Posted: 2/18/12 at 10:51amI think there's a lot of good will for the old fella... and a certain amount of indulgence. He's earned it.
#11No critics panned SHATNERS WORLD
Posted: 2/18/12 at 12:12pmI think he's goofy and fun, and he deserves the respect he gets. I'm glad to see his show getting pretty nice reviews.
henrikegerman
Broadway Legend Joined: 4/29/05
#12No critics panned SHATNERS WORLD
Posted: 2/18/12 at 12:26pmAs with everything else, it all boils down to managing expectations.
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