#1
Posted: 3/17/07 at 4:25am
SOME MEN at Second Stage is breath taking! Sooo moving. Terrence McNally is a God! Love him!!!
#2
Posted: 3/17/07 at 9:04am
Eh...I wish I shared your enthusiasm towards the show. I wanted to love it, given that there were several moments that really showed the old-time Terrence McNally brilliance that has been missing from almost all of his recent work, but something about it just didn't work for me. Every time I started to care about a character, they were relegated to the sidelines so that a new character could be introduced. By the end of the play, there were too many characters to keep track of, and only about three or four of them were very interesting.
I will say that everyone in the ensemble is superb, and what McNally is conjecturing--asking (from a gay perspective) if gay marriage really is a good idea after all, rather than blind faith in the institution of marriage--is a thought-provoking new spin on the argument. I just don't think it's there yet.
I will say that everyone in the ensemble is superb, and what McNally is conjecturing--asking (from a gay perspective) if gay marriage really is a good idea after all, rather than blind faith in the institution of marriage--is a thought-provoking new spin on the argument. I just don't think it's there yet.
"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
#3
Posted: 3/17/07 at 11:26am
Thanks guys for your insights.
AC126748- very good argument ! -J*
AC126748- very good argument ! -J*
#4
Posted: 3/17/07 at 11:33am
Have you seen it, Jay?
"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
#6
Posted: 3/17/07 at 11:37am
Brief.
"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
#7
Posted: 3/17/07 at 11:37am
Subtle.
Cheyenne Jackson tickled me. AFTER ordering SoMMS a drink but NOT tickling him, and hanging out with Girly in his dressing room (where he DIDN'T tickle her) but BEFORE we got married. To others. And then he tweeted Boobs. He also tweeted he's good friends with some chick on "The Voice" who just happens to be good friends with Tink's ex. And I'm still married. Oh, and this just in: "Pettiness, spite, malice ....Such ugly emotions... So sad." - After Eight, talking about MEEEEEEEE!!! I'm so honored! :-)
#8
Posted: 3/17/07 at 11:50am
*SPOILERS*
There's a bath house scene where most of the men appear in towels, but only Kelly AuCoin and Romain Fruge show it all, and only for about a minute. If I remember correctly, Pedro Pascal gets down to his underwear in a scene, but other than that, it's pretty tame.
There's a bath house scene where most of the men appear in towels, but only Kelly AuCoin and Romain Fruge show it all, and only for about a minute. If I remember correctly, Pedro Pascal gets down to his underwear in a scene, but other than that, it's pretty tame.
"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
#10
Posted: 3/17/07 at 7:59pm
I'm disappointed that Tom Judson (a.k.a. Gus Mattox) isn't in it in New York.
"A coherent existance after so many years of muddle" - Desiree' Armfelt, A Little Night Music
"Life keeps happening everyday, Say Yes" - 70, Girls, 70
"Life is what you do while you're waiting to die" - Zorba
#11
Posted: 3/17/07 at 8:11pm
Frederick Weller has some MUSCULAR thighs. Damn, boy.
"Winning a Tony this year is like winning Best Attendance in third grade: no one will care but the winner and their mom."
-Kad
"I have also met him in person, and I find him to be quite funny actually. Arrogant and often misinformed, but still funny."
-bjh2114 (on Michael Riedel)
-Kad
"I have also met him in person, and I find him to be quite funny actually. Arrogant and often misinformed, but still funny."
-bjh2114 (on Michael Riedel)
Updated On: 3/17/07 at 08:11 PM
#12
Posted: 3/17/07 at 8:15pm
It sounds good, I enjoyed Mc Nally's Love! Valour! Compassion! and Kiss of the Spider Woman, then I got very bored when I saw Master Class. Is this play a lot like "Love!..."?
"People have their opinions and that doesn't mean that their opinions are wrong or right. I just take it with a grain of salt because opinions are like as*holes, everyone has one".
-Felicia Finley-
#13
Posted: 3/17/07 at 8:23pm
Much more like LOVE! than MASTER CLASS. My only problem with this show (and it's sort of a biggie) is that the majority of the characters are blatant stereotypes. I'd expect more from Terrence McNally in that respect.
But that aside, I honestly very much enjoyed the show and would HIGHLY recommend it to anyone and everyone. I came away VERY moved by the piece. There is a lot in it about gay men's history in Manhattan, by which I was enthralled. And the actors turned in some fine performances. Don't miss this one.
But that aside, I honestly very much enjoyed the show and would HIGHLY recommend it to anyone and everyone. I came away VERY moved by the piece. There is a lot in it about gay men's history in Manhattan, by which I was enthralled. And the actors turned in some fine performances. Don't miss this one.
"Winning a Tony this year is like winning Best Attendance in third grade: no one will care but the winner and their mom."
-Kad
"I have also met him in person, and I find him to be quite funny actually. Arrogant and often misinformed, but still funny."
-bjh2114 (on Michael Riedel)
-Kad
"I have also met him in person, and I find him to be quite funny actually. Arrogant and often misinformed, but still funny."
-bjh2114 (on Michael Riedel)
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