Pigs Farm, The Water's Edge

[tearsforhari]

Posted: 6/15/06 at 12:00pm

I saw Pig Farms and the Water's Edge the other day. You can read my reviews of them at link below, which is my personal blog website.

http://broadwayreviews.googlepages.com

After reading the critics review of Water's Edge today, I thought that I was alot nicer to it than most, mostly because of the starcast of Meryl's daughter, Tony, and Kate. But ultimately, the writing in both suffer from being over-contrived. Anyone else see these?

Updated On: 6/15/06 at 12:00 PM

[kyle33nyc]

Posted: 6/15/06 at 12:12pm

Your link seems to be broken.

I saw Pig Farm, and while I laughed at times, I thought it went on much too long. It needed to either be more pointed or funny.

[luvtheEmcee]

Posted: 6/15/06 at 12:14pm

I think the writing in The Water's Edge is alright; it might try a little too hard to parallel The Oresteia, but it's not bad.

Updated On: 6/15/06 at 12:14 PM

[tearsforhari]

Posted: 6/15/06 at 1:10pm

Some people in the audeience found it an unpalatable, cheap melodrama. But my friend points out that other shows that played in the second stage theatre were much the same, but successful nevertheless like Danny and the Deap Blue Sea or Reckless. What is the difference between those and this one? Is this one too uncomfortable?

[tearsforhari]

Posted: 6/15/06 at 1:14pm

Sorry. I fixed my link.

I can't figure out where the writer got his inspiration for his theme of farmers on a pig farm? But I read somewhere that he coauthored Urinetown...? That name itself seems a whacky as Pig Farm.