#376
Posted: 4/13/09 at 6:53pm
"And we'd be spending less time debating whether it was responsible or irresponsible in its portrayal of the medical profession and protocols."
(Sorry, I don't know how to work the italics)
I kind of like that Hobson gets to play both, because then the appearance of the actor can directly represent the entirety of the psychiatric profession, which is a significant yet singular part of the story. I don't know that simply adding another actor would lower the level of debate, and I don't know that I would want it to. It's important to ask ourselves how accurate a show like this can be, but not to our world so much as the world they try to portray. To me, the world of N2N is very much in sync with ours, but it also presents the possibility that these "ghosts" of our past can be more tangible than we give those feelings credit for. This is part of the reason I'm trying to push my mom to come see the show before it's too late; I want her take as a psychiatrist. I just hope the story doesn't scar her too much! :P
But I do agree that any chance given to the understudies is always nice!
As for reviews, even if critics don't get the same kick out of the show that we clearly do, I hope that they will be sincere in their take on the genre as a whole. As I've been saying to my friends and co-workers, the main bulk of people who will not be engaged by N2N:
A) Don't like musicals
B) Only like musicals about frivolous subjects
It's a real tough show, caught between cynical critics and a flood of tourists that has become progressively more numb to emotion. It's far too much to hope for, but I just wish some of these critics would just preface their reviews saying: "I HATE IT WHEN THINGS MAKE ME FEEL STUFF!"
(Sorry, I don't know how to work the italics)
I kind of like that Hobson gets to play both, because then the appearance of the actor can directly represent the entirety of the psychiatric profession, which is a significant yet singular part of the story. I don't know that simply adding another actor would lower the level of debate, and I don't know that I would want it to. It's important to ask ourselves how accurate a show like this can be, but not to our world so much as the world they try to portray. To me, the world of N2N is very much in sync with ours, but it also presents the possibility that these "ghosts" of our past can be more tangible than we give those feelings credit for. This is part of the reason I'm trying to push my mom to come see the show before it's too late; I want her take as a psychiatrist. I just hope the story doesn't scar her too much! :P
But I do agree that any chance given to the understudies is always nice!
As for reviews, even if critics don't get the same kick out of the show that we clearly do, I hope that they will be sincere in their take on the genre as a whole. As I've been saying to my friends and co-workers, the main bulk of people who will not be engaged by N2N:
A) Don't like musicals
B) Only like musicals about frivolous subjects
It's a real tough show, caught between cynical critics and a flood of tourists that has become progressively more numb to emotion. It's far too much to hope for, but I just wish some of these critics would just preface their reviews saying: "I HATE IT WHEN THINGS MAKE ME FEEL STUFF!"
