#1
Posted: 4/16/05 at 10:54pm
We had been wanting to see this for months but were never able to for various reasons. So finally tonight we got tickets and were extremely excited. Now after seeing it, I can sum up my review in three words.
What
The
F*ck
I've got to say that compared to this, BKLYN is a sheer masterpiece. We wondered afterwards if we had just completely missed everything, if every single "joke" had flown right over our heads. Those of you that know me (in person and even here) know that I have a pretty wacked out sense of humor so for me to sit there among all these people laughing hysterically at what was (or wasn't) happening on the stage really made me wonder. Now I know some of you will say that it's Brittish humor, but remember that I grew watching Brittish comedies so I'm very familiar with that. This to me wasn't funny, wasn't scary, wasn't suspensful, wasn't even amusing in the slightest. 100 minutes of us sitting there twiddling our thumbs and checking our watches. It's the first time I EVER would have left a show if there had been an intermission. (With BKLYN I would have stayed to hear Keller's songs towards the end)
And speaking of songs, the songs the band or whatever the hell you call them sang here were more annoying than a thousand Espinoa's screeching in my ears. Each song told a story that was sometimes "acted" out in various forms with puppets or people but I couldn't care less what they were singing about, I was too busy praying to the Baby Jesus they would stop.
And at 9:45, he answered my prayers and I got my ass out of that theatre. I can't for the life of me imagine how people would say that show was disturbing or even DARE compare it to the brilliant PILLOWMAN. Give me those stories and two hours and I'll write you a script that would blow this one out of the water.
Now that I've written this, I can hopefully forget tonight ever happened.
What
The
F*ck
I've got to say that compared to this, BKLYN is a sheer masterpiece. We wondered afterwards if we had just completely missed everything, if every single "joke" had flown right over our heads. Those of you that know me (in person and even here) know that I have a pretty wacked out sense of humor so for me to sit there among all these people laughing hysterically at what was (or wasn't) happening on the stage really made me wonder. Now I know some of you will say that it's Brittish humor, but remember that I grew watching Brittish comedies so I'm very familiar with that. This to me wasn't funny, wasn't scary, wasn't suspensful, wasn't even amusing in the slightest. 100 minutes of us sitting there twiddling our thumbs and checking our watches. It's the first time I EVER would have left a show if there had been an intermission. (With BKLYN I would have stayed to hear Keller's songs towards the end)
And speaking of songs, the songs the band or whatever the hell you call them sang here were more annoying than a thousand Espinoa's screeching in my ears. Each song told a story that was sometimes "acted" out in various forms with puppets or people but I couldn't care less what they were singing about, I was too busy praying to the Baby Jesus they would stop.
And at 9:45, he answered my prayers and I got my ass out of that theatre. I can't for the life of me imagine how people would say that show was disturbing or even DARE compare it to the brilliant PILLOWMAN. Give me those stories and two hours and I'll write you a script that would blow this one out of the water.
Now that I've written this, I can hopefully forget tonight ever happened.
"Noah, someday we'll talk again. But there's things we'll never say. That sorrow deep inside you. It inside me, too. And it never go away. You be okay. You'll learn how to lose things..."
