Some "Cock" reviews coming in.

[chanel]

Posted: 5/17/12 at 10:47pm

Mostly pretty good so far.

http://theater.nytimes.com/2012/05/18/theater/reviews/cockfight-play-directed-by-james-macdonald-at-the-duke.html?hpw

http://blogs.villagevoice.com/dailymusto/2012/05/cock.php

http://www.talkinbroadway.com/ob/05_17_12.html

[binau]

Posted: 5/17/12 at 10:53pm

Has anyone noticed that "Cock" is also a slang name for a male penis?

[Kad]

Posted: 5/17/12 at 10:57pm

Is it really?

[broadwaybabytn]

Posted: 5/17/12 at 11:08pm

I had no idea!
All I know is that Ben Brantley seems to like Cock.

[Kad]

Posted: 5/17/12 at 11:14pm

I'm not surprised.

[inlovewithjerryherman]

Posted: 5/17/12 at 11:19pm

I liked Cock when I sat in on it the other night.

[jayinchelsea]

Posted: 5/17/12 at 11:30pm

come on, guys, i feel like we're back in the fifth grade! stick with the thread about the play, okay?

[CATSNYrevival]

Posted: 5/17/12 at 11:32pm

^It's a play too?

[broadwaydevil]

Posted: 5/17/12 at 11:34pm

come on, guys, i feel like we're back in the fifth grade! stick with the thread about the play, okay?

Let's be honest here. The title of the play was supposed to be provocative and generate these kinds of comments.

[followspot]

Posted: 5/17/12 at 11:34pm

Michael Riedel said that he found COCK a little hard to swallow at first, but that after a glass of wine he relaxed and ended up really enjoying it.

Updated On: 5/18/12 at 11:34 PM

[whatever2]

Posted: 5/18/12 at 10:24am

> The title of the play was supposed to be provocative and generate these kinds of comments.

That's a total non-sequitur ... sophomoric humor is not the only possible response to provocation.

not that i haven't laughed at most of it! just sayin' ...

[WhizzerMarvin]

Posted: 5/18/12 at 10:27am

I'm thrilled for Cory Michael Smith and the rave he got from Brantley. He is a star on the rise.

[Unknown User]

Posted: 5/18/12 at 10:27am

I enjoyed it- I was seated with a group of fraternity brothers who attended as part of their initiation. They all said they'd never experienced it before but most of them seemed familiar with Cock backwards and forwards.

[Kad]

Posted: 5/18/12 at 10:45am

Come on, the play is called Cock. The playwright knew exactly what he was doing when he decided to call it that.

[themysteriousgrowl]

Posted: 5/18/12 at 10:51am

I was really hoping to bow down and woship this COCK, but it's got some major verisimilitude issues in the characters of M and F. The actors do outstanding work and sell it, with the exception of Cotter Smith, who, at the performance I attended, literally looked like he had wandered in off the street and was told he was going to go be in a play.

[whatever2]

Posted: 5/18/12 at 11:33am

Kad: i don't disagree ... i'm just saying that teenage double-entendres are not the only possible response to a provocative title.

(he's british, after all; maybe he was expecting SOPHISTICATED double-entendres!!!)

not judging anybody's humor -- it's all made me laugh ... i'm just saying the conclusion isn't supported by the premise.

[Unknown User]

Posted: 5/18/12 at 11:34am

I've heard some complain it's too long- anyone want to weigh in?

[Kad]

Posted: 5/18/12 at 11:35am

Like the British aren't above dick jokes.

[whatever2]

Posted: 5/18/12 at 11:41am

Still not the point.

[themysteriousgrowl]

Posted: 5/18/12 at 11:44am

Guys, guys, come on. Don't let this COCK tear you apart.

[whatever2]

Posted: 5/18/12 at 11:48am

maybe i'm just cranky because i haven't seen COCK in years -- probably since it was mounted in London.

:)

[themysteriousgrowl]

Posted: 5/18/12 at 11:49am

That's the spirit!

[finebydesign]

Posted: 5/18/12 at 11:51am

It's all the rage these days.

[Unknown User]

Posted: 5/18/12 at 12:09pm

I believe the British version was uncut- that's the custom there.

[After Eight]

Posted: 5/18/12 at 11:26pm

"I've heard some complain it's too long- anyone want to weigh in?"

Yes, it is. Like 100 minutes too long.

The seats are very uncomfortable as well. Just long benches with small pads to sit on. No backs, no arm rests.